Nurses and physicians did not reliably communicate with one another and were often not in agreement on the plan of care for hospitalised medical patients.

The authors examine the “second shift” in the former socialist Yugoslavia through the analysis of 1989-90 data from a random sample of 7,790 adults in the paid labor force. Despite working outside the home, women are primarily responsible for housework. Neither education, occupation, urbanization, nor participation in the informal economy has a significant effect in reducing this; only the presence of an older female in the household measurably reduces an employed woman's participation in the second shift. Not only are men's attitudes important for women's performance of the second shift but also men's ability to act in terms of this value displays the significance of a gendered social structure in socialist societies.

Of stomal complications 63% were treated endoscopically. The higher rate of stomal stenosis with the appendiceal stoma is most likely due to the smaller diameter of the appendix. The higher rate of stone formation in patients with the intussuscepted ileal nipple is related to metal staples. Continence rates of the 2 outlets are good with somewhat larger amounts of mucous secretion from the larger stoma of the intussuscepted ileal nipple.

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