Purposes of this special edition are

• • Publish evidence-based information.

• • Dispensing of clinical experience.

• • Publish innovative and topical research that addresses Workplace burnout.

• • Address Workplace burnout, strategies to prevent and manage at organizational level in different regions from all over the world.

Scopes of this special edition are limited to –
Stress in the workplace is becoming a concern in the worldwide, where employees are overloaded with the multiple tasks, insecurity in the job, poor job satisfaction and lack of autonomy to do the work. Workplace stress effects not only work outcome but also deteriorates health, quality of life, and reduce organizational profit. There are many ways to eliminate or reduce workplace stress. It is the employee, who needs to identify the sign of feeling of stressed and burn-out before it gets worse (e.g. absenteeism, change in profession, etc). Similarly, employers have to be aware about their employee’s stress and take preventive strategies and create a healthy environment.

Clinical dermatology is developing on a fast track in the field of medicine. New innovations, disease mechanisms and therapeutics are being discovered targeting better diagnosis and management of patient. In this issue we will highlight major advances in cutaneous disorders including psoriasis and its management, eczemas and biologics.

Gerontology is the discipline that studies, in a systemic manner, the process of aging through two points of view: the way aging affects the person and the way that aging changes society (Ruiz, 2012). Furthermore, gerontologists consider two different “kinds” of aging, or two lenses trough, which the concept of aging are viewed: population aging and individual aging. Population aging describes the overall number of persons born in a specific period of time. While, individual aging, describes the life expectancy that nowadays is substantially greater (Cutler, 2014).

It is important to recognize that the aging of the population shouldn’t be consider as something negative but as a positive consequence of the medical, technological advances and cultural changes, which have diminished the mortality and increased life expectancy. Additionally, the decrease in rates of fecundity and birthrate, explains the increase in this population sector. This is why as the demands of medical, assistance and sociocultural services increases; this would imply a more healthy and active aging (Pi?a, 2012).

However, older individuals typically experience impairments in physical functioning and increasing incidence of chronic health problems. Although some decline with age is inevitable, considerable evidence indicates that physically active older individuals maintain healthy functioning than do sedentary peers (Garatachea, Molinero, Martínez-García, Jiménez-Jiménez, González-Gallego & Márquez, 2009).

Nevertheless, even in the United States, the number of health professionals and service providers with training in gerontology and geriatrics is insufficient. A reality that may be due to the notion that the aging process should be medicalized and the existing belief that the health systems was developed to treat acute episodes rather than chronic conditions and eldercare which has tended toward hospitalization and residential-based care (Perkinson, 2013). The purpose of this volume is to provide the professional community with the necessary knowledge and understanding regarding the elderly population and their current problems and solutions. Also, we want to encourage researchers in gerontology to provide their most recent elderly investigations with the intent of providing better quality of life to this population.