maker may opt to identify an alternative physician or medical facility for a second opinion regarding the course of action. This would allow the provider and decision maker to retain their independent positions without the need for compromise. This action may be limited by insurance coverage, locale, and access to appropriate care. Clinicians have observed that the DNR order set has a negative connotation and implies withholding or halting curative therapies (Venkat, 2014 ). As health care providers
In low- and middle-income countries universal health coverage is achievable. Discuss. Universal health coverage (UHC) has become a global health priority for both rich and poor countries alike, and many key medical and health institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have voiced their commitment in the movement toward attaining this goal. WHO Director General Margaret Chan has stated that UHC is “the single most powerful concept that public health has to offer”
labor was spent not on making immediate deductions from the numbers but on suspiciously testing the da ta and trying to improve them. This central assumption that the raw data are almost certainly imperfect sets demographers apart from most social, medical and statistical scientists. 3. Demographers are deeply sensitive to the fact that crude numbers or measures may be misleading, owing to such factors as the age and sex structure of the population, and they are given to devising measures that will
among project staff to address impact HIV/AIDS has on their work; * reduced district revenue base and thus IFAD counterpart funding. | Additional costs involved in increased absenteeism and loss of staff and the diversion of project resources for medical care, burials, etc., may lead to reduced quality of work. Erosion of human resources capacity is likely to disrupt project operations and delay implementation. Staff may be unable to address technical issues related to HIV/AIDS. | Capacity-development
which will be particularly applicable to an analysis of the entrenchment of Rastafari in Jamaican society. I begin by placing the theory of charisma and routinization in the wider context of Weber's work and proceed to discuss and critique Weber's treatment of charisma and routinization. In this critique, I draw on insights from social movement theorists while focusing on issues that have particular relevance to the phenomenon of Rastafari. Finally, I conclude by outlining my revisions to Weber's