Research shows low male participation in the nursing workforce can stem from many sources, including reticence by career counsellors to recommend nursing as a career.
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To prevent a shortage of health workers, public expressions of appreciation need to be backed by policies that provide dignity, decent working conditions, accountability and appropriate remuneration.
New ethical issues are emerging during COVID-19 as doctors struggle with their obligations to ‘do no harm’ and respect patient autonomy.
As the invasion continues, humanitarian workers could become a target of the Russian army.
Picture how you’d like to be cared for as an older Australian who needs help. Now compare that to the reality for today’s aged care residents and carers.
Less than half of Canadians can see their doctor same-day, and millions don’t even have a family doctor. Improving access to care means providing doctors with the support they need to focus on patients.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
A successful rollout isn’t just about the physical points where people can get the vaccinations. It’s also about having a trained workforce to administer them.
To keep our health care providers healthy, we need to help them sleep.
We tried our hardest to provide the best care in dire circumstances. There wasn’t an alternative.
Provider burnout is expensive for the health system given its associations with low quality of care, absenteeism, and high workforce turnover.
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Ontario health-care workers confidentially reported feeling sacrificed on the job and needing protection from COVID-19 and other risky working conditions in a recent study.
Health systems around the US are on the cusp of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. At the end of this months-long effort are the nitty-gritty details of how health care providers are giving people the vaccine.
This is what it’s like fighting COVID-19 the second time around.
Health education curriculums need to specifically prepare healthcare professionals to respond to a pandemic when it comes to aspects like infection control, aged care and mental health.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on another US medical emergency: a serious shortage of nurses.
Widely adopted in the US when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.
Nurses are uniquely at risk of COVID-19, and are affected by many of the health inequalities that the pandemic has exposed. But no one is listening to them.
A new approach is making a big difference in Virginia.
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Infectious Diseases Physician and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Research Associate, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Global Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor in Employment Relations, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Queen's Counsel, Deakin University
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Professor in Nursing, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Health professions education, Stellenbosch University
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Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Honorary senior lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
