Articles: disease.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Jul 2007
[International curriculum for medical coders. Recommendations of the Education Committee of the WHO Family of International Classifications Network].
Nationally collected data for mortality and morbidity are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). From the coded data international statistics are compiled. ⋯ With the development of core curricula for mortality and morbidity coding, the Education Committee of the WHO Family of International Classifications Network developed an entry level standard for the education of medical coders. Through this enhanced and internationally consistent level of education the quality of the collected data can be increased.
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of psychosocial adjustment in people with physical disease.
The purpose of this paper was to examine the demographic, medical and psychosocial variables that result in the deterioration of psychosocial adjustment in patients with physical disease, the meaning their illness has for them and their coping style. ⋯ The study indicated some predictors in the assessment of psychosocial adjustment and care of patients with physical illness. In daily clinical practice, among the patients with physical illness, those with a negative perception of their illness and those who define depression should be given special attention for psychosocial support.
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When groups of people relocate from their homelands to other nations, especially if the movement is involuntary, minority populations are created in the countries that receive them. The issues related to these diaspora and diasporic communities--any groups that have been dispersed outside their traditional homelands--are financial, social, historical, political, or religious. In health care, issues include heritable diseases, cultural barriers, patients' health care beliefs, and unique disease presentations. In long-term care, many residents and health care providers have relocated to the United States from other countries.