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When Knowledge Is Not Enough: HIV/AIDS Information and Risky Behavior In Botswana [PDF]

The spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is still fueled by ignorance in many parts of the world. Filling in knowledge gaps, particularly between men and women, is considered key to preventing future infections and to reducing female vulnerabilities to the ...
James Levinsohn, Rolang Majelantle, Taryn Dinkelman   +2 more
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Nurses' Self‐Reported Practices and Prescribers' Expectations in Intravenous Fluid Therapy for Hospitalised Patients: A Survey Study and Clinical Documentation Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To assess self‐reported practices and knowledge of nurses and prescribers (i.e., physicians and nurse practitioners) on intravenous fluid therapy, and to evaluate how this is documented through a clinical documentation review. Design Multicentre cross‐sectional study, between April 2022 and July 2022, across 13 wards from four Dutch ...
Denise Spoon, Erwin Ista, Myrthe van der Zanden, Monique van Dijk, Elke Berger, Corstiaan den Uil, Jelmer Alsma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Praying for Peace: Family Experiences of Christian Conversion in Bhaktapur [PDF]

, 2019
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by foreign powers to undermine the cohesion of Nepali society. In this article, I present ethnographic material from Bhaktapur suggesting that, at least with
Gibson, Ian
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The social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms: healers, doctors and prophets in Agincourt Limpopo Province, South Africa [PDF]

, 2004
This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking ...
Lewando Hundt, Gillian, Ngoma, Bulelwa, Stuttaford, Maria   +2 more
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Getting shot of elves: healing, witchcraft and fairies in the Scottish witchcraft trials [PDF]

, 2005
This paper re-examines the evidence of the Scottish witchcraft trials for beliefs associated by scholars with "elf-shot." Some supposed evidence for elf-shot is dismissed, but other material illuminates the interplay between illness, healing and fairy ...
Alaric Hall, Alver Bente Gullveig, Bonser Wilfrid, Carr Charles T, Cockayne Oswald, Craigie James, Craigie WA, Denton Fox, Edwards Cyril, Erixon Sigurd, F.R. M., Fraser William, Gillon Stair A, Gilmore John, Grattan JHC, Grienberger Theodor von, Henderson Lizanne, Hole Christina, Honko Lauri, Horstmann Carl, Hutton Ronald, Jolly Karen Louise, Levack Brian P, Lexer Matthias, MacDonald Angus, MacDonald Stuart, MacPhail JRN, Marchand Hans, Mathisen Stein R, Maxwell-Stuart PG, Miller Joyce, Normand Lawrence, Pitcairn Robert, Purkiss Diane, Purkiss Diane, Smith JIrvine, Stuart John, Thomas Keith   +37 more
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Zoonotic anxieties: The cultural politics of Nepal's quest for pandemic preparedness

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on fieldwork conducted in Nepal (2022–2024) and by paying attention to how local and transnational notions of epidemiological risk are deployed, this ethnography introduces the concept of “zoonotic anxieties” to make sense of the multi‐species relational ethos that contemporary global health regimes propose.
Max D. López Toledano, Hari Basnet, Anna Durrance‐Bagale, Natasha Howard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New light on the ‘Drummer of Tedworth’: conflicting narratives of witchcraft in Restoration England [PDF]

, 2005
This paper presents a definitive text of hitherto little-known early documents concerning ‘The Drummer of Tedworth’, a poltergeist case that occurred in 1662-3 and became famous not least due to its promotion by Joseph Glanvill in his demonological work,
Craster H. H. E., Edelen G., Gaskill M., Hunter M., Jackson J. E., Krysmanski B., Lang A., Michael Hunter, Podmore F., Wallace A. R.   +9 more
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Links between trauma and psychotic symptoms: Integrating cognitive behavioural and neuropsychoanalytic models of psychosis

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Cognitive‐behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) achieves small to modest effect sizes, which invites the question, ‘What clinical modifications might improve outcomes?’ This paper proposes an integration of CBTp with a neuropsychoanalytic approach that in clinical practice might extend the gains achieved by CBTp alone.
Michael Garrett
wiley   +1 more source

Certainties and the Bedrock of Moral Reasoning: Three Ways the Spade Turns

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we identify and explain three kinds of bedrock in moral thought. The term “bedrock,” as introduced by Wittgenstein in §217 of the Philosophical Investigations, stands for the end of a chain of reasoning. We affirm that some chains of moral reasoning do indeed end with certainty.
Konstantin Deininger, Herwig Grimm
wiley   +1 more source

“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
wiley   +1 more source