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The impact of a catastrophic earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses

Public Health, 2000
It has been reported that some natural catastrophes increase morbidity rates for illness. In this study, we investigated the impact of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses by analysis for correlations between the extent of damage due to the earthquake and occurrences of various illnesses.
Jun Oda, Y Kuwagata
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Managing the Discharge Crisis Following Catastrophic Illness or Injury

Social Work in Health Care, 1986
Discharge from the acute care setting frequently represents a serious crisis for the catastrophically ill. Family members and the patient are expected to resume responsibility quickly for ongoing care while simultaneously coping with significant alterations in established role and behavior patterns.
S, Blazyk, M M, Canavan
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Facing a Catastrophic Illness: A Perspective from Contemporary Philosophy

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
George Alexopoulos
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Intimacy in the Face of Catastrophic Illness

Journal of Couples Therapy, 1998
SUMMARY This is a therapist's story of her battle with life-threatening breast cancer and the impact of that illness on the intimacy bond with her husband of thirty years. She reviews the year of treatment, noting the couple's connections at various points in the process of dealing with the disease: the diagnosis, the treatment and the aftermath ...
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Counseling in Catastrophic Illness: A Self-Instructional Unit

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1975
A self-instructional unit is presented to help students in the allied health fields through their initial experiences in counseling patients with serious illness. This unit is intended to be used in combination with didactic approaches. Clinically, the unit may be particularly useful for those who are learning to apply the problem-oriented record ...
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Focusing the catastrophic illness debate.

The Quarterly review of economics and business, 1979
Unlike other aspects of the American health experience, there is a current void of information on expensive illness experiences. This paper is designed to fill this void and prrsents an analysis of the incidence and cost of catastrophic illness in the United States.
H, Birnbaum, N, Naierman, M, Schwartz, D, Wilson   +3 more
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A Behavioral Approach to Post-Catastrophic Illness Work Phobias

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 1978
Two patients developed work phobias following major catastrophic physical illness. A combined approach to addressing their specific fears of returning to premorbid levels of work function utilized deep muscle relaxation, imagery based desensitization, social reinforcement, and shaping techniques. A significant increase in adaptive function and decrease
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Measuring Burden of Care After Catastrophic Illness or Injury

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2019
Burden of care (BoC) is the amount of time a patient requires direct, daily assistance from another person to meet basic needs in the home; it is based on a patient's functional level, obtained using the Functional Independence Measure. Inpatient BoC is a patient's projected resource utilization during a stay at an inpatient facility, assessed using ...
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Protecting strategies used by sufferers of catastrophic illnesses and injuries

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2001
• The purpose of this research was to describe strategies used by sufferers of catastrophic illnesses and injuries.• Participants were adult men and women with a variety of serious illnesses and injuries.• Qualitative research approaches to data collection and data analysis, using grounded theory methods were employed.• Descriptions of the participants
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Exploring Private Supplemental Insurance for Catastrophic Illnesses

2015
Catastrophic illnesses can impoverish a household due to unmanageable expenditures that arise from their treatment or management. The Z Benefits program of PhilHealth aims to protect Filipinos from financial catastrophe due to certain medical conditions.
Noel Juban, Benito Reverente
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