Essays about: "Medicine Shortages"
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1. Designing Supply Chain Network Resilience : Medicine Shortages in the Pharmaceutical Industry
University essay fromAbstract : Background: In a globalised world and increased interconnected business environments effective resilience capabilities are pivotal for disruption mitigation. In the pharmaceutical industry this concerns the phenomenon of medicine shortages and high geographical sourcing dependencies resulting in severe consequences for healthcare providers and patients. READ MORE
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2. VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY: UNDERSTANDING VENEZUELA’S HUMANITARIAN DISASTER THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Venezuela faces today an unprecedented social and political collapse that extends beyond the critical economy and the violence; a deadly combination of severe shortages of food and medicine which makes it extraordinarily difficult for most Venezuelans to obtain essential medical care and the adequate minimal nutritional intake to ensure survival. The primary concern of this research is to answer the question of how do visual representations of Venezuela’s humanitarian disaster elucidate the deterioration of the quality of life of its younger citizens? This study aims to examine and better understand the effects and implications of Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis on its citizenry through the use of photography as a method of qualitative research, by paying particular attention to young Venezuelans and their role as social and political agents. READ MORE
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3. Contributing and protecting factors to moral distress : A qualitative study amongst nurses meeting patients with HIV/AIDS in primary healthcare in Swaziland
University essay from Ersta Sköndal högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskapAbstract : Background: Swaziland, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an HIV prevalence of 26 % amongst 15-49 year olds. The nurses work conditions are heavily affected by the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and of the increasing workload. READ MORE
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4. Experience of Oral Care among Elderly in Nursing Homes
University essay from Umeå universitet/TandläkarutbildningAbstract : Life expectancy among the elderly has been improving for decades and edentulousness is constantly decreasing among the senior citizens. The steady decrease of tooth loss among the elderly is a challenge to the dental profession due to the increased demand of oral care. READ MORE
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5. Traditional housing in northern Laos : wood preferences and impact on the forest biodiversity
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : The majority of the Lao people are living in a mountainous countryside in small villages. The people depend a lot on the forest for a better livelihood. However, in the last decades many changes have occurred in rural Lao, in ways that have ruined large areas of the forest. READ MORE