Background: This exploratory study aimed to enhance the understanding of practitioners' experiences within LGBTQ+ community organisations when providing interventions for LGBTQ+ individuals with intellectual disabilities. Three specific objectives were outlined: to document the situations and challenges encountered by practitioners; to identify perceived needs among LGBTQ+ individuals with intellectual disabilities and to elicit their suggestions for recommendations to improve services.
Method: A qualitative approach, involving in-depth interviews with 12 Québec-based LGBTQ+ community practitioners, underwent content analysis.
Due to their gastrointestinal immaturity or the severity of their pathology, many neonates require parenteral nutrition (PN). An amino acid (AA) solution is an important part of PN. Cysteine is a key AA for protein and taurine synthesis, as well as for glutathione synthesis, which is a cornerstone of antioxidant defenses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: In North America, pediatric adenotonsillectomy (TA) is conducted as an ambulatory procedure, thus shifting the burden of postoperative care to parents. The purpose of this study was to describe this parental experience.
Methods: We conducted a prospective single-centre qualitative study, recruiting the families of children (n = 317) undergoing elective TA in 2018.
Background: Women and their families make decisions on accessing perinatal care based on their experiences in the health care system and on the experience of others around them. Receiving supportive maternity care which demonstrates respect is an essential part of quality care. Globally, and in low- and middle-income countries in particular, women report receiving mistreatment and a lack of respect during labour, childbirth and the early postnatal period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo evaluate clinicians' and patients' perceptions of pharmacogenetic testing in a clinical setting. This is a pragmatic mixed-method prospective observational study. Hospital pharmacists and neurologists participated in focus groups regarding pharmacogenetic testing; patients who received pharmacogenetic testing and their community pharmacists completed surveys to assess their perception of these tests.
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