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Shafik Dharamsi
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 68
Citations - 1704
Shafik Dharamsi is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Social responsibility. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 67 publications receiving 1486 citations. Previous affiliations of Shafik Dharamsi include University of Texas at El Paso & University of the Incarnate Word.
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The physician as health advocate: translating the quest for social responsibility into medical education and practice.
TL;DR: A concept analysis is conducted, exploring the practical philosophical understanding of social responsibility and its implications for medical education and practice, to inform curricular development, professional practice, and further research on social responsibility.
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The social accountability of medical schools and its indicators.
TL;DR: The clarification of concepts of social responsibility, responsiveness and accountability and the examples provided in designing indicators may help medical schools and other health professional schools in crafting their own benchmarks to assess progress towards social accountability within the context of their particular environment.
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Fly-By medical care: Conceptualizing the global and local social responsibilities of medical tourists and physician voluntourists
TL;DR: The social responsibilities of medical tourists and voluntourists are explored to identify commonalities and distinctions that can be used to develop a wider understanding of social responsibility in global health care practices.
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Oral care for frail elders: knowledge, attitudes, and practices of long-term care staff.
TL;DR: Results suggest that the impact of educational interventions is affected by the quality of in-service education, an absence of identified predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors, and a strong commitment among LTC staff to the provision of daily mouth care for frail elders.
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How Dentists Account for Social Responsibility: Economic Imperatives and Professional Obligations
TL;DR: Analysis of open-ended interviews with dentists revealed that four main themes-economics, professionalism, individual choice, and politics-influenced the respondents' sense of social responsibility in dentistry.