Ethical and legal issues in the clinical practice of primary health care

10.2741/e626 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol E5 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-445
Author(s):  
Marcos Martinez-Romero
2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 2681-2691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis González-de Paz ◽  
Belchin Kostov ◽  
Jose A. López-Pina ◽  
Adelaida Zabalegui-Yárnoz ◽  
M. Dolores Navarro-Rubio ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Burgess

After briefly reviewing the clinical features, major sequelae and initial treatment of invasive meningococcal disease, and reviewing the international and domestic incidence of meningococcal disease, the epidemiological risk factors for meningococcal disease found in the literature are summarised. These findings and the heterogeneity of sub-population risk, especially in relation to indigenous populations, are then discussed. The implications of these discussions are then applied to paramedic practice as a component of primary health care. The author argues that consideration of such data is important in developing recommendations for the development of system planning and clinical practice guidelines.


Author(s):  
Raül Sancho-Agredano ◽  
Montserrat Sola-Pola ◽  
Victoria Morin-Fraile ◽  
Eva Maria Guix-Comellas ◽  
Jordi Galimany-Masclans ◽  
...  

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana J. Willemse

Background: The global use of mobile devices with their connectivity capacity, and integrated with the affordances of social media networks, provides a resource-rich platform for innovative student-directed learning experiences.Objective: The objective of this study was to review the experiences of undergraduate nurses on the improvement of primary health care education at a School of Nursing at a University in the Western Cape, South Africa, through the incorporation of a social media application, WhatsApp.Method: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and contextual design was used to explore and describe data collected from a purposive sample of 21 undergraduate nursing students. The study population was engaged in a WhatsApp discussion group to enhance their integration of theory and clinical practice of the health assessment competency of the Primary Health Care Module. Participants submitted electronic reflections on their experiences in the WhatsApp discussion group via email on completion of the study. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data collected was done according to Tesch’s (1990) steps of descriptive data analysis in order to identify the major themes in the study. The electronic reflections were analysed to explore their rich, reflective data.Results: Seven themes were identified that included: positive experiences using the WhatsApp group; the usefulness of WhatsApp for integrating theory and clinical practice; the availability of resources for test preparation; opportunity for clarification; anonymity; exclusion of students as a result of the lack of an appropriate device, and the application caused the battery of the device to run flat quickly.Conclusion: The results of the experiences of students in the WhatsApp discussion group could be used to inform the use of social media applications in teaching and learning, with the purpose of enhancing the integration of the theory and clinical practice.


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