De samenleving verandert langzaam van een verzorgingsstaat naar een participatiesamenleving. Dit gaat samen met verschillende decentralisaties in het sociaal domein. Deze hebben onder andere invloed op de hulpvraag van de cliënt en daardoor ook op de werkwijze van de sociaal werker. Om als sociaal werker …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Lower birth weight is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. These associations may, at least in part, be explained by alterations in dietary intake in later life. The aim of this study is to examine whether lower birth weight is associated with …

While acute musculoskeletal pain is a frequent complaint, its management is often neglected. An implementation of a nurse-initiated pain protocol based on the algorithm of a Dutch pain management guideline in the emergency department might improve this. A pre-post intervention study was performed as …

ObjectiveWhile acute musculoskeletal pain is a frequent complaint in emergency care, its management is often neglected, placing patients at risk for insufficient pain relief. Our aim is to investigate how often pain management is provided in the prehospital phase and emergency department (ED) and how …