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ABSTRACT Introduction: The sudden admission of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is considered an extremely stressful and painful experience for the whole family. In recent years, family has been recognized to have an important role to the outcome and particular emphasis... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an easy to use tool of Total Quality Management (TQM) which is available to the public sector organizations in Europe. The Common Assessment Framework applied every two years providing a self-assessment framework to... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: Western medicine’s model has been enriched with alternative management and treatment methods. Yoga is a technique that incorporates physical exercises, breathing methods, meditation and relaxation which has been proposed to have positive effects on cancer... Read More

ABSTRACT Total Quality Management – TQM (Total Quality Management-TQM), health services, is a modern management philosophy to improve the quality and efficiency of the organization as a whole, with the involvement of all employees, at all levels. According to the research... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: Theoretically, caring relationship between faculty – student generates a caring moment. However, there is a scarcity of empirical evidence about how caring interactions with faculty can enhance students’ caring outcomes. Aim: The aim of this study was to... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: The majority of critically ill patients experience significant distress, anxiety, and agitation which is often seen with administration of excessive sedation. Although sedation-agitation scales are commonly used in Greek ICU practice, there is no report... Read More

ABSTRACT Vaccinations are considered to be one of the most effective public health interventions. The rate of vaccination in developed countries is generally high. However, an increasing number of parents consider vaccines unsafe and unnecessary. The campaigns against vaccines... Read More

ABSTRACT In the history of medical science the use of botulinum toxin was impressive. In the early 18th century it was defined as the neurotoxin implicated in the deadly disease botulism. Today, despite the toxic action finds application in the treatment of various diseases in a... Read More

Abstract Introduction: Low socio-economic status (SES) is associated with health risk behaviours contributing to the social inequalities in health. However, the associations of dietary habits with socio-economic status have not been investigated in emerging adulthood in detail... Read More

ABSTRACΤ For many patients, the fulfillment of spiritual and religious needs is more important than the fulfillment of biological and physical needs. Spirituality is defined as the way that the individual gives meaning and purpose to life, as the experience of contact with... Read More