Surveys show large unexplained variation in incidence of sedation at the end of life across countries and care settings and there are ethical concerns about the use, intentions, risks and significance of the practice in palliative care.
Although anthropologists have highlighted some differences in the significance of the practice across regions [ 1], FGC has been recognized as an entrenched cultural practice across the northern sub-Saharan region and along the Nile Valley, where it is thought to have originated.
The methodological approach used the multicriteria method to define the significance of the practices as concerns sustainability.
Wang (2005) has discussed in depth the economic significance of moral practices, and he has pointed out that an intimate and long-lasting social relationship itself possesses economic value, as it can bring some expected revenues when individuals embed themselves into such relationship and perform their moral obligations.
Available data on repeated abortion can be helpful in understanding the social significance of this practice and informing policies for sexual and reproductive health.
The significance of the practice variation was assessed using a likelihood ratio test comparing the multilevel random intercept logistic model with a standard one level logistic regression model that did not take account of clustering within practice.
8 Yet food security alone is not enough to improve children's nutritional status, and the significance of care practices to improving children's nutritional status has been documented repeatedly.
Although the statistical significance of some practices may appear small as we report this early data assessing the impact of the IMSD program, these practices are of great practical significance with regard to diversity and in changing the institutional climate and culture at Brown.
Our results are of particular significance to physicians practicing in settings where granulomatous inflammatory diseases are widespread and also of importance for oncologists, and other physicians, practicing elsewhere in the world, who regularly deal with patients from these areas.
Due to an increased awareness and significant environmental pressures from various stakeholders, companies have begun to realize the significance of incorporating green practices into their daily activities.
