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Considering the impact of shift working on health

Shift work is necessary for the provision of health services, especially in hospitals as it is the only way to provide continuous service and care to patients (Turchi et al, 2019). Working at night is...

Are doctors and nurses engaging in physical activity and its promotion?

A total of 460 doctors and 169 nurses completed the survey; 340 doctors were from survey 1 and 120 doctors and all the nurse responses were from survey 2. Table 1 summarises the study participant...

Using dried blood spot testing for diagnosing viral hepatitis

A DBS sample is obtained by a finger-tip skin puncture using a lancet, then collecting capillary blood onto a filter paper test (see Figure 1). This technique was developed by Ivar Christian Bang in...

Communicating with patients using a new vitamin B12 deficiency leaflet

To devise the processes to test nurse compliance in providing educational information to patients and the solutions to improve this, it was considered important to understand why educational...

The association between ethnic background and prostate cancer

Prostate cancer poses a serious threat to men's health and is a major issue in health care. Cancer of the prostate is the most common malignancy in men, accounting for almost a quarter of all male...

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