INTRODUCTION Changes in the conceptualization of health and illness have led to development of
theory and methods to study healthrelated quality of life. One instrument used frequently to
measure this concept is the SF-12 ...
Hirmas, Macarena; Poffald, Lucy; Jasmén, Anita; Aguilera, Ximena; Delgado, Iris; Vega, Jeanette(Pan American Health Organization, 2013)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether health care access barriers and facilitators cut across different populations, countries, and pathologies, and if so, at which stages of health care access they occur most frequently.
METHODS:
A ...
Global nuclear proliferation, bioterrorism, and
emerging infections have challenged national
capacities to achieve and maintain global security.
Over the last century, emerging infectious disease
threats resulted in ...
