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Retraction Note to: Workplace bullying and its preventive measures and productivity among emergency department nurses
This article is republished in BMC Health Services Research [2]. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - July 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Language practice and policy in Israeli hospitals: the case of the Hebrew and Arabic languages
ConclusionsOur analysis of language practice and policy as a multi-leveled phenomenon, where the micro-level of everyday interactions is influenced by the macro-level of political life, indicates a need for meso-level policy, led by the Ministry of Health. A policy of linguistic competency should be publicized and enforced to ensure that in the presence of the patient, practitioners speak a language s/he understands. This policy should also stipulate that among mixed teams of healthcare professionals every language is permissible, while the language spoken in a particular context should be understood by everyone present. (...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - July 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Digital recording and documentation of endoscopic procedures: physicians ’ practice and perspectives
ConclusionsWhile DRD facilities and equipment are fairly widespread in Israel, the actual recording rate is generally low and varies among specialties. Having institutional guidelines requiring routine recording and a positive personal support of DRD correlated with actual DRD rates, with general surgeons being markedly less supportive of DRD and having the lowest actual recording rates. Physicians in all specialties were very much concerned about DRD ’s potential to enhance lawsuits, and this greatly influenced their use of DRD.These findings should be addressed by educational efforts, centering on professionals from re...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - July 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Correction to: home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
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Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - June 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Holocaust, medicine and becoming a physician: the crucial role of education
AbstractLearning about the abandonment of moral principles of healthcare professionals and scientists, their societies and academic institutions, to a murderous ideology yields fundamental concerns and global implications for present and future healthcare professionals ’ education and practice. Medicine’s worst-case scenario raises deeply disturbing yet essential questions in the here and now: Could the Holocaust, one of the greatest evils ever perpetrated on humankind, have occurred without the complicity of physicians, their societies, and the scientific pro fession community? How did healers become killers? Can it h...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - June 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research