Browsing by Author "maziz"
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Assessing spiritual well-being of Palestinian Cardiac Patients: A reflection for a new spiritual care policy
(الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2017)Religious and spiritual beliefs are important factors that influence quality of life outcome of patients diagnosed with chronic diseases such as heart disease. Spirituality is an important component of overall well-being ... -
Attitude of Palestinian nursing students toward caring for dying patients: a call for change in health education policy
(SAGE Publications, 2016)Death is a natural process that occurs each day. Some nursing students may encounter the experience of taking care of a dying patient while others do not. Therefore, their attitude toward death and caring for dying patients ... -
Importance of Spiritual Care for Cardiac Patients Admitted to Coronary Care Units in the Gaza Strip: Patients’ Perception
(Sage Publications, 2014)Purpose: This study aimed to assess the perception of hospitalized cardiac patients in coronary care units (CCUs) in the Gaza Strip about the importance of assessing and providing spiritual care to them. Design: This was ... -
Mapping the road for a new spiritual care policy: Identifying barriers and enhancing factors for providing spiritual care to cardiac patients
(Routledge, 2016)This study is designed to explore barriers and solutions for providing spiritual care to hospitalized cardiac patients living in the Gaza Strip. A qualitative approach using a semi-structured interview format with 12 health ... -
Negotiated reorienting: a grounded theory of nurses’ end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit
(Pergamon, 2015)Background Intensive care units (ICUs) focus on treatment for those who are critically ill and interventions to prolong life. Ethical issues arise when decisions have to be made regarding the withdrawal and withholding of ... -
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Health Care Providers Following The Israeli Attacks Against Gaza Strip in 2014: A call for Immediate Policy Actions
(2016)This study aimed to assess the level of posttraumatic stress disorder and to examine the relationship between exposure to war stress and posttraumatic symptoms among health care providers following Israeli offensives ... -
Post-traumatic stress disorder among health care providers two years following the Israeli attacks against Gaza Strip in August 2014: Another call for policy intervention
(2018)This study aimed to assess the level of posttraumatic stress disorder and to examine the relationship between exposure to war stress and posttraumatic symptoms among health care providers two years following Israeli ... -
Quality of life of people wounded in the 2014 conflict in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
(Elsevier, 2017)Background In the past 6 years, three conflicts have taken place in the Gaza Strip. The last conflict, in 2014, continued for 51 days and left 2191 people dead and 10 895 wounded. We aimed to assess quality of life of ... -
Quality of life of people wounded in the Gaza war
(MA Healthcare, 2016)In the last eight years, there have been three wars between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The last war (2014) continued for 51 days and left 2191 dead and 10 895 wounded. This study aimed to assess quality of life (QOL) of ... -
Safety Culture in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Need for Policy Change
(WB Saunders, 2017)Introduction Assessment of the prevailing safety culture within the Gazan health care system can be used to identify problem areas. Specifically, the need for improvements, raising awareness about patient safety, the ... -
Spiritual care for cardiac patients admitted to coronary care units in Gaza Strip: Cardiac patients’ perception
(الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2012) Heart disease is the leading cause of death among the Palestinian people. Since there is a high correlation between stress and heart disease, preventing and relieving stress become a major concern for this group of ...
