International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 14 Issue 5

Editorial

Theo Gavrielides

HIV patient access to healthcare services in post-austerity era in Greece

George Tsiakalakis, Christina Golna, Nikos Dedes, George Papageorgiou, Kostas Athanasakis, Kyriakos Souliotis

The ten-year economic crisis and the ensuing fiscal adjustment that Greece experienced between 2009 and 2018 has had a major impact on patient access to health-care services and…

“Dialysis and medical tourism. Investigating patients’ perceptions in Greece”

Vasiliki Traouda, Panagiotis Mpogiatzidis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibilities and the growth prospects of medical tourism in Greece, while particularly focusing on the dialysis process. Patients with…

Unmet dental care need in West of Iran: determinants and inequality

Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Hossein Safari, Satar Rezaei, Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Shina Amirhosseini, Afshin Shadi, Jamal Mahmoudpour, Bakhtiar Piroozi

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-perceived need, seeking and use of dental care and its main determinants in Kurdistan province, Iran.

Human rights education in palliative care – an evaluation of a national training programme

Jacqueline Graves, Amunpreet Boyal, Tracey Shields, Roger Newham, Alistair Hewison, Louise Terry

This paper aims to report findings of a service evaluation using a human rights-based approach in the training and education of staff in palliative settings.

Assessing unmet health-care needs of the elderly in west of Iran: A case study

Bakhtiar Piroozi, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Hossein Safari, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Satar Rezaei, Ghobad Moradi, Masoumeh Ansari, Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Jamshid Gholami

The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of perceived need, seeking behavior and utilization of health services in the elderly population of Sanandaj (west of Iran).

Adverse perinatal outcomes of intimate partner violence during pregnancy

Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Khaled Rahmani, Rojin Yaghubi, Mahsa Ghadrdan, Obeidollah Faraji

This study aims to conduct to determine the adverse perinatal outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy in Kurdistan, Iran.