PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is (a) to describe care needs derived from records of patients in Dutch hospitals, and (b) to evaluate whether nurses employed the NANDA-I classification to formulate patients' care needs. METHODS: A stratified cross-sectional random-sampling nursing documentation audit …

Miller, Le Breton-Miller and Scholnick (2008) summarize and discuss two major perspectives constructed from the literature on family owned businesses (FOBs): stewardship and stagnation theory. In this paper the stagnation theory is being put to the test on Dutch small/medium enterprises (SMEs). According …

Introduction Childhood-onset epilepsy during the years of transition to adulthood may affect normal social, physical, and mental development, frequently leading to psychosocial and health-related problems in the long term. Objective This study aimed to describe the main characteristics of patients in …

This thesis provides a report on research aimed at enhancing treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. We describe various aspects of treatment of bipolar disorder. The central study reported in this thesis is an effect study of a multicomponent intervention, Collaborative Care. Chapter 1 describes …

In the Netherlands, there has been much debate on the question whether elderly people over 70 who are tired of life and who consider their life to be completed, should have legal options to ask for assisted dying. So far there has been little research into the experiences of these elderly people. In …

Chapter in *Part 1 Thinking about Museums* of *Volume 1: Museum Theory* in reference work *The International Handbooks of Museum Studies*. Change is sweeping through museums technologically, financially, and ideologically, impacting their sociocultural roles and status. This paper offers a conceptual …

In the last decade, business process management (BPM) has become essential for corporations to maintain their control over business processes. Therefore it is highly important for companies to know which factors influence business process performance. Consequently, this study focuses on the relationship …

Hoofdstuk in Pedagoog in de spotlights. Opvoedingsidealen vanuit verschillende contexten. Pedagogiekstudenten van Hogeschool Utrecht (HU) doen onderzoek. Wat betekent dat voor de opleidingen en de beroepspraktijk? HU-onderzoekers Jurrius, Van Heijst en Gruiters beschrijven dat in een hoofdstuk van het …