The fieldwork placement is recognized as one of the major components of social work
education and a major determinant of its quality. A key aspect of the learning process in the …

Methods: All patients who underwent an appendectomy at an adult hospital in the Calgary
Health Region between 1999 and 2002 were identified by using the administrative discharge …

Background: The pathogenesis of appendicitis is unclear. We evaluated whether exposure
to air pollution was associated with an increased incidence of appendicitis. Methods: We …

This paper examines, from the governmentality perspective, how social work contributes to
the recent political mission of the Chinese party state in constructing a harmonious society. A …

The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of small bowel obstruction, anastomotic
complications, and wound infections between stapled and handsewn closures of loop …

The Chinese government announced in 2006 its commitment to build ‘a strong social work
force’ to deal with the upsurge of social problems and realise the political vision of …

Influenced by the consumerist sentiment in New Public Management, the last decades have
witnessed a revival of the call for accountability to service users in the public service sector. …

“Client participation” is a popular ideal and object of rhetorical commitment in social work
service. But the much-touted potential of this concept requires careful and critical scrutiny. This …

As the work-unit system fell after economic reform in China, neighborhoods replaced work
units as the primary provider of vital social services for the urban population and became a …

This paper is based on an analysis of the calls to a time-limited hotline specifically set up in
response to the SARS crisis in Hong Kong in 2003. The findings of the study indicate that the …