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Caring for the institution: An ethnography of quality assurance policy in U.S. rural primary care
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Based on mixed‐methods, ethnographic research in a geographically isolated rural medical center in the upper midwestern United States, this paper explores the social implications of healthcare quality assurance policies highly reliant on managerial logics, including measurement and monitoring programs.
Chloe L. Warpinski
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Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 290) [PDF]
This bibliography lists 125 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in October ...
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The Association Between Body Composition and Acute Mountain Sickness [PDF]
, 2015 Please view abstract in the attached PDF ...
Dobrosielski, D A +2 more
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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SPECTRUM OF PRESENTATION OF ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2018 Objective: To determine the frequency of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and the spectrum of clinical presentations in the troops/mountaineers who ascend to different altitudes. Study Design: Prospective case series.
Jamal Azfar Khan +5 more
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents the concept “constructive alienation” as a response to the oversaturation of apocalyptic environmental fiction that has contributed to deep‐seated desensitization toward the climate crisis, resulting in crisis of imagination (Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable, 2016; Solnit, If you win the ...
Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard
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Measuring the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population Health: A Guide for Researchers
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict‐affected settings. Despite increasing attention and study of armed conflict and its impact on human populations, few studies have evaluated the methods necessary to assess such relationships ...
Maya Luetke +2 more
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Atypical neurological symptoms at high altitude: a systematic literature review
Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition affecting individuals who participate in high-altitude journeys, mostly above 2500 m.
Wiktor Łagowski +2 more
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