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New mandatory training set to transform outcomes for clients with learning disability
Br J Nurs. 2022 Oct 27;31(19):1011. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2022.31.19.1011.ABSTRACTSam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, reports on an initiative centred on ensuring that staff working with this client group are equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills to provide appropriate care.PMID:36306224 | DOI:10.12968/bjon.2022.31.19.1011 (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - October 28, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Sam Foster Source Type: research

For some wolves, a black coat isn ’t just fashionable—it’s a lifesaver
Thousands of years ago, wolves bred with black dogs. The tryst didn’t just give some of today’s wolves a black coat—it has also helped them survive in parts of North America where a measleslike virus can run rampant, according to a new study. That’s because gray wolves are more likely to mate with black wolves when this virus is present—a rare demonstration in the wild of how pathogens can drive evolution. “This paper takes a very elegant approach to understanding a fundamental question in biology: how animals choose mates,” says Rena Schweizer, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, Mi...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - October 20, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Paying for Kidneys: Reflections on Welfare Economics, Political Economy, and Market Design
British philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards at the University of Oxford has written: “If you die through mistakes in moral reasoning, you are just as dead as if you die through mistakes in medicine.”1 The aim of the authors of this thought-provoking cost-benefit analysis is to estimate and inform us about the cost to American society of the limits—perhaps owing to mistakes in both moral and economic reasoning—on the ability of healthy individuals to donate or supply their second or “extra” kidney to those who have kidney failure. (Source: Value in Health)
Source: Value in Health - October 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Louis P. Garrison Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Six Major Steps to Make Investigations of Suicide Valuable for Learning and Prevention
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Source: Archives of Suicide Research - October 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: E. Fr ödingC. VincentB. Andersson-GäreÅ. WestrinA. RosE. Fröding, Jönköping University and Region Jönköping County, Jönköping, Sweden.C. Vincent, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.B. Andersson-G� Source Type: research