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Issue 1 January - April 2015

Issue 1 January - April 2015Issue 1 January - April 2015

Contents

Editorial Article

The need for communication between health professionals and patients

Koutelekos Ioannis

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 1-2

Κατά τις τελευταίες, έχει πλέον τεκμηριωθεί ο σημαντικός ρόλος της επικοινωνίας μεταξύ επαγγελματιών υγείας και ασθενών, σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα ενώ παράλληλα έχει αναγνωριστεί η αναγκαιότητα ενσωμάτωσης της διδασκαλίας της επικοινωνίας ως μάθημα υποχρεωτικής παρακολούθησης όλων των σχολών επαγγελμάτων υγείας. 1-3 Κύριος στόχος της επικοινωνίας είναι η κατανόηση των μηνυμάτων που μεταδίδονται από

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Review Paper

Electroconvulsive therapy a therapeutic choice in psychiatry

Stergiopoulou Antonia

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 3-9

Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is brain stimulation with a short controlled series of electrical pulses which are co-administered with intravenous anesthesia. Aim: Evaluation of electroconvulsive effect as a first and second choice treatment. Methods: A literature search was made in the data base Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, Cochrane

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Review Paper

Quality of life in hemodialysis patients

Toulia Georgia, Koutsopoulou Vasiliki

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 10-18

During the last decades, more emphasis is put on quality of life in hemodialysis patients. The purpose of this study was to review the literature regarding the quality of life in hemodialysis patients. The method ο f this study included bibliography research from both the review and the research literature which referred to the quality of life in haemodialysis patients. Results:

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Review Paper

Administration of nursing department in a public hospital

Christopoulou Maria, Karakostas Kostantinos

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 19-27

The main role ο f public hospitals is the promotion and care for people with health problems. Responsibility for the quantity, type and quality of service lies mainly in the medical and nursing staff employed by the hospital. All other staff work effectively to support the task of doctors and nurses. Prerequisite of the Head of nursing department to successfully fulfill its role, is to have knowledge

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Review Paper

Smoking cessation

Koutinou Eleni, Koutoulaki Georgia

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 28-37

Nicotine addiction is one of the major social problems, in contemporary times. Addiction to nicotine is the psycho-pharmacological mechanism that maintains or enhances habit of smoking. Tobacco addiction is considered that characterizes two medically defined disorders, nicotine dependence and withdrawal from nikotini. Dependence is that condition in which the body gets used to a substance, and

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Special Article

One day surgery clinic

Anterioti Paraskeui, Koutelekos Ioannis

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pages: 38-46

The process in which the patient is admitted to a special nursing unit or hospital to fulfill a particular medical diagnostic or surgical operation and remains there for a short time until full recovery after surgery is defined as one day surgery clinic. Every unit is organized according to the internal regulations of the hospital, within it operates. A critical criterion for safe and efficient

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