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Quality of Dying Among Institutionalised Nursing Home Residents From the Caregivers' Perspective: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine how family caregivers of deceased nursing home residents scored and justified their ratings for each item on the Quality of Dying in Long‐Term Care scale and to identify the consistencies and discrepancies between their perceptions and the scores assigned when assessing the residents' end‐of‐life experience. Design A convergent
Daniel Puente‐Fernandez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Death-scapes in Taipei and Manila: a postmodernnecrography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper analyses changing geographies of disposal in the urban centres of Taipei in Taiwan and Manila in the Philippines, specifically shifts from burial to cremation and the extent to which such shifts reflect changing patterns of residence ...
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
core  

Living in the Mycelial World

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

Managing death in exile

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Managing Death in Exile is a theatrical performance that draws on ethnographic research with long‐term asylum‐seekers from sub‐Saharan Africa in Hong Kong since 2012. The performance told the story of Denise (pseudonym), who had to manage the illness, funeral, cremation, and repatriation of ashes of her good friend, Rosie (pseudonym). Dying in
Sealing Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Robertson at the City: Portrait of a Cemetery Superintendent

open access: yesGenealogy, 2018
Since the nineteenth century the management of burial grounds has been the function of the cemetery superintendent. Responsible as he or she is for maintenance of the site, grave preparation, burial procedures, administration and staffing, the ...
Brian Parsons
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivating a ‘Habitus of Multiplicity’ in Cross‐Cultural Medicine: From Case Study Conflict to Many‐Sided Conditions of Care Through Process and Jain Metaphysics

open access: yesNursing Philosophy, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Prompted by a nursing case study that occurred in 2022, this paper joins the perspectives of a nurse practitioner and cross‐cultural medical ethics professor to consider who can ask a question in the healthcare system, what questions can be heard, and how to develop pluralistic care models—beyond relativism and imperialism—that solicit more ...
Brianne Donaldson
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, May 7, 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Volume 152, Issue 41https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartan_daily_2019/1040/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +1 more source

A unified 3D reconstruction of microscopy and MRI in a brain showing Alzheimer's disease‐related neuropathology

open access: yesBrain Pathology, Volume 36, Issue 2, March 2026.
Post mortem MRI was combined with neuropathological assessments at 600 μm intervals throughout the brain. Through this approach, a three dimensional account of an entire human brain with an intermediate Alzheimer's disease neuropathologic change was created.
Anneke Alkemade   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Jonas Short Site (41SA101), San Augustine County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Jonas Short site (41SA101) is one of a few known and investigated Woodland period mounds in the Trans–Mississippi south (i.e., East Texas, Northwest Louisiana, Southwest Arkansas, and Southeast Oklahoma).
Perttula, Timothy K., Walters, Mark
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of the sensitive skin syndrome and the effect of a dermo‐cosmetic treatment in Thai and Polish subjects

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cosmetic Science, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 70-82, February 2026.
Sensitive skin assessment in Thai and Polish subjects showed a dermo‐cosmetic product improved symptoms and quality of life in both groups, also highlighting ethnic differences in syndrome perception at baseline. Abstract Objective Sensitive skin syndrome (SSS) affects individuals from all ethnic groups.
Helena Polena   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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