A self-consistent quantification of contributions to differential TGA results of volcanic soil samples

Public Health physicians and empathy: are we really emphatic? The Jefferson Scale applied to Italian resident doctors in Public Health.

Large gaps in care quality resulting from ineffective communication between health providers, patients, and other health care organizations have been documented. Research suggests that effective, empathic communication positively influences health outcomes. Many studies focused on the assessment of clinicians empathy, while there is still a lack of evidence on the role and level of empathy for public health medical doctors,especially during their postgraduate education. The aim of this study was to assess empathy level of public health residents, and to investigate differences in empathy scores using a validated questionnaire. The Italian version of the Jefferson scale of Physician Empathy …

Percezione della necessità di svolgere tirocini formativi in ambito internazionale (International Health Electives) tra i medici in formazione specialistica dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo.

Introduzione Nell’attuale scenario mondiale, ricevere una formazione in salute globale (global health) e poter intraprendere una esperienza formativa in ambito internazionale (International Health Elective, IHE) rappresentano validi strumenti per migliorare il percorso educativo della futura classe medica. Pochi studi hanno valutato l’impatto che una IHE può esercitare nei confronti dei medici in formazione specialistica. Considerato che in Italia è stato riscontrato un interesse crescente nei confronti degli IHE, lo scopo dello studio è stato quello di analizzare i dati relativi alla percezione della necessità di svolgere esperienze formative internazionali in un campione di medici in form…

ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES: PENAL, CIVIL AND NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW

In this commentary, the authors describe the most important and current issues about the responsibility in asbestos-related diseases according to the Italian Law. In particular, the authors comment the principal implications of Penal, Civil and National Health Insurance laws on occupational and preventive medicine. This brief report represents an useful tool for medical doctor specialists in Occupational, Public Health and Forensic Medicine to support their evaluation of causality in asbestos-related diseases