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The experiences and needs of older adults receiving voluntary services in Chinese nursing home organizations: a qualitative study
BackgroundOlder adults living in nursing home organizations are eager to get voluntary help, however, their past experiences with voluntary services...
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Acoustic Analysis of Voluntary Coughs, Throat Clearings, and Induced Reflexive Coughs in a Healthy Population
Cough efficacy is considered a reliable predictor of the aspiration risk in head and neck cancer patients with radiation-associated dysphagia....
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Patient Satisfaction with Psychological Treatment on a Voluntary Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
Despite the empirical literature suggesting the benefits of providing patient support and psychotherapy, research examining patient satisfaction with...
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Institutional Objection to Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria, Australia: An Analysis of Publicly Available Policies
BackgroundVictoria was the first Australian state to legalize voluntary assisted dying (elsewhere known as physician-assisted suicide and...
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How the Doctrine of Double Effect Rhetoric Harms Patients Seeking Voluntary Assisted Dying
Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) became the first state law to permit VAD in Australia under limited circumstances from June 2019....
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Satisfaction and Perceived Coercion in Voluntary Hospitalisations: Impact of Past Coercive Experiences
Coercion in psychiatry is associated with several detrimental effects, including in the long term. The effect of past experience of coercion on the...
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The Properties of Involuntary and Voluntary Autobiographical Memories in Chinese Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals
BackgroundResearch on depression has largely focused on negative intrusive memories with little research on general involuntary memories as they...
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Professional prehospital clinicians’ experiences of ethical challenges associated with the collaboration with organised voluntary first responders: a qualitative study
BackgroundVolunteer First Responders are used worldwide. In the Region of Southern Denmark, two types of programs have been established. One of these...
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Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory’s Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape
On June 5, 2024, the Australian Capital Territory passed a law to permit voluntary assisted dying (“VAD”). The Australian Capital Territory became...
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Factors associated with the perceived need for assistance from voluntary services in home-based older adults in Chinese urban areas: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundWith China's rapidly aging population, meeting the diverse care needs of senior citizens is becoming more challenging. Although voluntary...
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The impact of voluntary folate fortification of corn masa flour on US pregnancies complicated by neural tube defects
IntroductionIn 1996, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification for all enriched cereal grains. This resulted in a...
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Gut microbiota and voluntary alcohol consumption
Alcohol is part of the usual diet of millions of individuals worldwide. However, not all individuals who drink alcohol experience the same effects,...
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The role of risk preferences: voluntary health insurance in rural Tanzania
BackgroundLower-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a common goal to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through voluntary health insurance...
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Cardiac angiogenesis enhances by activating Mir-126 and related target proteins in type 2 diabetic rats: Rescue combination effect of Sodium butyrate and voluntary exercise therapy
Objectivetype 2 diabetes, metabolic disorder, is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, leading to angiogenesis injury. The present...
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Knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of voluntary medical male circumcision among males attending high school in Shiselweni region, Eswatini: a cross sectional study
BackgroundIn countries such as Eswatini, where there is a high HIV prevalence and low male circumcision the World Health Organization and the Joint...
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Attitudes to End-of-Life Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying Amongst Members of the Australian Jewish community
The implementation of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in the Australian State of Victoria in 2019 has stimulated discussions about end-of-life care...
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision to Reduce HIV Acquisition and Transmission
Purpose of ReviewThis commentary introduces the special Global Health Section on the state of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs and...
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Drivers of young adults’ voluntary compliance with COVID-19 protective measures: results from a multi-method study
BackgroundWith the easing of governmental COVID-19 restrictions, promoting voluntary public compliance with protective measures becomes essential for...
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Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia
ObjectivesTo explore the perceptions that Colombians have about voluntary private health insurance plans (VPHI) in the health system to identify the...
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice among medical students in gaza strip towards voluntary blood donation: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundA major component of emergency medical care is blood. The Gaza Strip has faced repeated wars over the last few years, emphasizing the...