Core attitudes of professionals in palliative care: a qualitative study.

Introduction: Self-awareness of one's own reactions towards patients and their relatives is of paramount importance for all professionals in palliative care. 'Core attitude' describes the way in which a person perceives himself and the world, and forms the basis for his actions and thoughts.

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore what core attitude means for palliative care professionals and whether there is a specific core attitude in palliative care.

[Frequency of remission in schizophrenia patients at one year follow-up].

Objective: This paper describes the frequency of remission in former inpatients with schizophrenia as well as its relations with sociodemographic and other relevant variables.

Methods: The characteristics of 88 schizophrenia patients (ICD-10 F20.x) were examined in an extensive quality-monitoring-project at the Ev.