Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2006. / Supervisor: Susan J. Elliott. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-171).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2006. / Supervisor: Wayne Warry. Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the access of refugees to the right of health in Turkey. There are significant problems in the access of refugees to the available health services and there are no special health services designed to meet the needs of the refugees. Through field research in a city where refugees are settled, the problems related with the access to health services by refugees were examined. In a qualitative study design, this piece of research involved in depth interviews with health professionals, representatives of the NGOs working with refugees and refugees to understand the problems associated with the access of refugees to health services and the dynamics of the clinical encounter between the health professionals and refugees. The study has found that refugees cannot reach sufficient and appropriate health services in Turkey and their fundamental right of access to the right to health is not realized in practice. Moreover, it was found that the provision of health services is riddled with many difficulties, such as the lack of professional translators, the stereotypes common among health professionals about refugees. The legislation about health services and health insurance should be revised in a way to cover all asylum-seekers and to provide special health services for refugees such as comprehensive medical screenings on arrival and trauma and psychological counseling.

With the high-level developments in the information technologies, there is a big movement in the e-health area both to give better healthcare services and to reduce cost. Monitoring the patients from their home location is one of the important branches of e-health with the aging societies. In this work, an agentbased alert system is introduced which analyzes the alert message requests and sends the alert messages within the appropriate structure and communication channel to the related healthcare user. A guideline execution system produces the alert requests based on sensor data and informs the alert agents. A multi-agent platform is developed which proactively sends the alert messages on behalf of the system with acknowledgement and message routing abilities. The multi-agent platform has patient alert agents for each patient in the system. A rule engine is cooperated with agents for the analysis of the alert message requests to bind these requests with the healthcare user specifications. E-mail messaging, SMS and MSN Instant messaging are used to reach the healthcare users. Additionally, web-based user interfaces are developed for healthcare users to manage the alert system for intelligent healthcare monitoring by specifying alert message receiving rules, personal and contact information, and some more additional options. The work presented in this thesis is realized as a part of the SAPHIRE project funded by the European Commission.

Thèse (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 1999. / Comprend des réf. bibliogr.

Mémoire (M.Adm.)-- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1994. / Résumé disponible sur Internet. Ce mémoire a été réalisé à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi dans le cadre du programme de maîtrise en gestion des petites et moyennes organisation de l'UQAC extensionné à l'UQAT. CaQCU CaQCU Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-93).