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Patient dignity in nursing : a phemomenological study [PDF]

open access: yes
This research is concerned with patient dignity in nursing. It proposes the introduction of the concept of Perceptual Adjustment Level (PAL) in order to resolve the problem of the definition of patient dignity and its maintenance within nursing care ...
Matiti, Miliica Ruth
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Conceptualizations of dignity at the end of life: exploring theoretical and cultural congruence with dignity therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aim: To explore the conceptualization of patients' dignity in the context of end-of-life care in Taiwan.Background: Dignity therapy – a novel nurse-delivered psychotherapeutic intervention – has been demonstrated to have potential to alleviate terminal ...
Speck, Peter   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Voices of torture survivors in Tanzania: A qualitative study

open access: yesTorture, 2018
Introduction: No published research has been found on torture in Tanzania, but individual cases were documented by human rights organisations. The aim of this study was to explore the salient physical, mental and social effects of torture in the country,
Maha Aon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protocol on Medico-Legal Documentation of Sleep Deprivation

open access: yesTorture, 2019
This Protocol originates from a joint project regarding documentation of psychological torture initiated by the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI), REDRESS and DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY) in 2015 after the ...
Pau Pérez-Sales   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perception, practice and proximity. Qualifying threats as psychological torture in international law.

open access: yesTorture, 2021
Background: Fear is a central dimension of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (hereafter ‘other ill-treatment’), particularly as a part of verbal or non-verbal threats.
Ergün Cakal
doaj   +1 more source

Trauma Informed Care: Trafficking Out-Comes (TIC TOC Study)

open access: yesJournal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Background: Little is known about the impact of trauma-informed primary healthcare on recovery from human trafficking, or individual characteristics associated with successful participation in community services.
Ronald Chambers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testimonial Therapy: Impact on social participation and emotional wellbeing among Indian survivors of torture and organized violence

open access: yesTorture, 2018
Introduction: Traumatizing events, such as torture, cause considerable impairments in psycho-social functioning. In developing countries, where torture is often perpetrated, few resources exist for the provision of therapeutic or rehabilitating ...
Mia Myhre Jørgensen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virilization by an Ovarian Tumor: Presentation Is Not Always Acute

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022
Androgen-producing steroid cell ovarian tumors are rare, comprising less than 1% of ovarian neoplasms, and can present with infertility and rapid virilization.
Amanda Tjitro BS   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening asylum seekers in Denmark for torture using a structured questionnaire

open access: yesTorture, 2021
The United Nations Committee against Torture recommends systematic torture screening throughout the asylum process.   The goal of this study is to evaluate the introduction of a structured questionnaire, coding for torture according to the definition ...
Ebbe Munk-Andersen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health impact of electric discharge weapons: a review of case studies

open access: yesTorture
Introduction: In recent years mass protest movements have taken to the streets in many countries across the world. Despite strong international and domestic legal protections for the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and other fundamental human ...
Marie Brasholt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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