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Millenium Millenium

Millenium is to be congratulated! It completes a cycle of 20 years, crowned with success for the publication of multiple journal articles, embodied in 50 regular edition numbers and 2 special editions. The commitment of the Journal’s new Editorial Board b... see more

Arminda Lopes, Alexandre Matos, Raquel Guiné

Introduction: Similar to what occurs in Human Medicine, also in Veterinary Medicine, the prevalence of oncological diseases has significantly increased.Development: The evolution of Veterinary Medicine, in last decades has brought changes in clinical para... see more

Helena Vala, Fernando Esteves, Ana Cristina Mega, Carla Santos, Carmen Nóbrega, João Mesquita

Introduction: Similar to what occurs in Human Medicine, also in Veterinary Medicine, the prevalence of oncological diseases has significantly increased.Development: The evolution of Veterinary Medicine, in last decades has brought changes in clinical para... see more

Maria Alexandra Seco, Rui Pinto

Introduction: The transitory loss of conscience and postural tone followed by rapid recovery is defined as syncope. Recently has been given attention to a central mediated syncope with drop of systemic pressure, a condition known as vasovagal syncope (VVS... see more

Raquel Guiné, Manuela Ferreira, Paula Correia, João Duarte

Introduction: Dietary fibre (DF) has been part of human diet for millenniums although its benefits have been recognized mainly in the last dec ades.Objectives: Because DF is such an important component of a healthy diet, the objective of this work was to ... see more

Isabel Bica, Inês Esteves, Sara Cruz, Ana Andrade

Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is a risky situation with impact on the whole family, which may cause crisis both in the teenager who gets pregnant – due to the inexperience and consequent difficulty in taking care of a child – and in the transgerational ... see more

Nélio Veiga, Carlos Pereira, Rosalina Loureiro, Maria Odete Amaral, Inês Coelho, Joana Pereira

Introduction: The current lifestyles suggest risk behaviors that are the basis of a country’s health profile.Objectives: The objective of this study was the assessment of health determinants and its association with socio-demographic variables among a sam... see more

Odete Amaral, Nélio Veiga, Carlos Pereira, Inês Coelho, Joana Pereira

Introduction: The validation tools are essential in epidemiological research, especially for the consensus case definition and comparison of results. Currently, the instrument most commonly used to identify functional dyspepsia is the Rome III questionnai... see more

Cecília Alves, Artur Pacheco

Introduction: Quality of care is currently a focus of attention for all health professionals including nurses. Evidence has shown that implementing a supervisory process between peers, promotes the development of professional skills, allowing nurses to pr... see more

Alexandra Rodrigues, Carlos Azevedo, Vítor Calvo

Introduction: The internal communication inside the organization, whether is interpersonal, group or intergroup, must involve all the collaborators in order the mission, values, operative principles and the behaviour patterns be common, to generate the or... see more

Cláudia Brás, Manuela Ferreira

Introduction: The handover as a process of transference of responsibilities is considered a crucial moment in the provision of nursing quality care. Problems in communication are the major causes of errors that occur during situations of handover.Objectiv... see more

António Barbosa

Introduction: Palliative care focus on the control of functional disorders and complex symptomatology and are assumed as an essential element of health care.Objectives and methods: The aim of this study is to provide an analysis of all the 108 dissertatio... see more

Madalena Cunha, Jéssica Figueiredo, Joana Breia, João Pina, Sónia Almeida, Tiago Oliveira, Maria do Céu Cunha

Introduction: It is urgent that higher education in health develop a proactive ethico-moral commitment in students which is translated into the creation of socio-professional values.Objectives: To evaluate the ethical foundations which support morality in... see more

Susana Gomes, Paulo Pereira

Introduction: This work is a quantitative, transversal, descriptive and correlational study. Objectivos: The main purpose of the present study was to understand the collaborators perspective of the relationship between the leadership styles used by techni... see more

Nuno Neves, Olivério Ribeiro

Introduction: The concept of Empowerment in nursing has been increasingly used and analyzed in academic literature. It is a concept that nurses, leaders and managers of healthcare institutions should be interested in and should greatly explore. The percep... see more