Political Sciences

When Doctors and Nurses Can Disclose and Discuss Errors, Hospital Mortality Rates Decline

An association between hospitals' openness and mortality rates has been demonstrated for the first time in a study among 137 acute trusts in England, published yesterday in the May issue of Health Affairs

Magda Antonioli Joins ENIT Board

The Professor of Tourism Management and Policy has been appointed as Director of the Italian National Tourism Agency's Board

Paola Profeta New EPCS President

The Bocconi professor is the first woman to preside the European Public Choice Society, an association whose membership spans 30 countries, in 45 years

More Children for the Highly Educated: How Broadband Internet Creates a Digital Fertility Divide

When broadband comes to town, flexible work is boosted and work life balance improves for educated women, who can choose to have more than one child, according to a study by Bocconi scholars

In Hospitals, the Cure Is Age Management

Remodeling tasks and shifts of health personnel based on age also helps the organization function better. This is explained in a research paper by Marco Sartirana and colleagues

Parenting in the Age of Twitter

Individual wellbeing and parenting seen through the famous social network in a study by Letizia Mencarini