Introduction: Self-management is considered a potential answer to the increasing demand for family medicine by people suffering from a chronic condition or multi-morbidity. A key element of self-management is goal setting. Goal setting is often defined as a moment of agreement between a professional …

Purpose: Pressure ulcers are a high cost, high volume issue for health and medical care providers, having a detrimental effect on patients and relatives. Pressure ulcer prevention is widely covered in the literature, but little has been published regarding the risk to patients in the radiographical setting. …

De proeftuin Kop van de Betuwe is één van de proeftuinen van het Nationaal Deltaprogramma, waarin ruimtelijke opgaven worden gekoppeld aan klimaatadaptatie. Eén van de vraagstukken waar de proeftuin Kop van de Betuwe zich op richt is droogte. In de toekomst kunnen watertekorten optreden in de Betuwe …

Discussions around the influence of the free software philosophy on art tend to revolve around the role of the artist in a networked community, and their relationship with so-called open source practices. However, one overlooked question, that is why some artists have been quickly attracted to the legal …

Small retail entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are confronted with declining turnover and ROI. A decrease and even disappearance of small retail in town centres, suburbs and villages is not just a loss of income for the people involved. It constitutes also a loss of attractiveness and economic viability …

Zelfredzaamheid is een centraal begrip in de discussies van de laatste jaren rond welzijn en zorg. De bredere context van die discussies is, dat Nederland een verandering doormaakt van een verzorgingsstaat naar een participatiesamenleving, en zelfredzaamheid wordt vaak gezien als een belangrijk element …

Hoofdstuk 1 in Verlossing van schuld en boete. De gemeente Amsterdam en zorgverzekeraar Agis willen het anders gaan doen. Tot nog toe stuurden ze mensen die hun zorgpremie niet betalen betalingsherinneringen en incassobrieven. Daarna volgden boetes en doorgaans weer nieuwe aanmaningen, omdat de schulden …

In the context of a globalizing world, as we experience today, organizations put emphasis on self-employment and more entrepreneurial behavior of individuals/employees, as ways to cope with this globalizing and to achieve competitive advantages. Next to venture creation, the element of "entrepreneurial …

Background: Peer Assessment (PA) in health professions education encourages students to develop a critical attitude towards their own and their peers’ performance. We designed a PA task to assess students' clinical skills (including reasoning, communication, physical examination and treatment skills) …

Interest groups play a big role in the functioning of the democracy of the EU. These players that lobby for different interests can make a positive, but also a negative contribution to EU politics. The influence of the interest groups on the EU institutions can vary, and some will always be more influential …