Corporate Governance and Economic Performance: The Limit of Short Termism

This article includes exploring arguments and counterarguments in the context of conducting a scientific discussion on the impact of corporate governance on a company's financial and economic performance. The main purpose of this paper is to determine the nature of the impact of corporate governance policy on the activities of economic entities

The physicianelderly patient relationship: challenges and perspectives

O objetivo deste artigo é expor os desafios e perspectivas da relação médico-paciente idoso. Nas relações interpessoais, inerentes ao exercício profissional da medicina, é a qualidade do encontro que determina sua eficiência. Assim, na formação e na identificação do bom profissional, a relação médico-paciente idoso é fundamental na promoção da qualidade do atendimento. Os mé dicos devem privilegiar sentimentos e valores dos pacientes idosos e de seus familiares, estimu lando a tomada das decisões necessárias em conjunto, ou seja, a democratização da relação médi co-paciente, resgatando sua humanização. Esta proposta aspira ao nascimento de uma nova imagem deste profissional responsável pela efetiva promoção da saúde, ao considerar o paciente idoso em sua integridade física, psíquica e social, e não somente do ponto de vista biológico.The aim of this article was to discuss challenges and perspectives in the physician-elderly patient relationship. In interpersonal relations, inherent to medical practice, it is the quality of the encounter that determines its efficiency. Thus, in training and identifying good medical professionals, the physician-elderly patient relationship is essential for promoting quality of care. Physicians should prioritize the feelings and values of elderly patients and their families, encouraging the necessary joint decision-making, that is, democratization of the physician-patient relations hip, reclaiming its humanization. This proposal aspires to the birth of a new image for these professionals, who are responsible for effective health promotion, by considering elderly patients in their physical, psychological, and social entirety, and not merely from the biological point of view