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Conceptualizations of dignity at the end of life: exploring theoretical and cultural congruence with dignity therapy [PDF]

, 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, Liu, Hui-Ching, Li, Hui-Ching, Armes, Jo, Richardson, Alison   +4 more
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Voices of torture survivors in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Torture, 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, Harold Sungusia, Marie Brasholt, Brenda Van Den Bergh, Jens Modvig   +4 more
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Perception, practice and proximity. Qualifying threats as psychological torture in international law.

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

Journal 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, Jordan Greenbaum, Jennifer Cox, Terri Galvan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virilization by an Ovarian Tumor: Presentation Is Not Always Acute

Journal 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, Debra A. Wong MD, Adnan Ajmal MD, Kajal Buddhdev MD, Robert Brady MD   +4 more
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Testimonial Therapy: Impact on social participation and emotional wellbeing among Indian survivors of torture and organized violence

Torture, 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, Jens Modvig, Inger Agger, Lenin Raghuvanshi, Shirin Shabana Khan, Peter Polatin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Need Index (CNI): a simple tool to predict emergency department utilization after hospital discharge from the trauma service

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2019
Background Emergency department (ED) visits after hospital discharge may reflect failure of transition of care to the outpatient setting. Reduction of postdischarge ED utilization represents an opportunity for quality improvement and cost reduction.
Jordan A Weinberg, Pamela W Goslar, Jonathan L Dameworth, Scott R Petersen, Sharjeel Israr, Dih-Dih Huang, Mahmoud Z Shehada, Kristina M Chapple, Nathaniel S Rubalcava   +8 more
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Befogging reason, undermining will: Understanding the prohibition of sleep deprivation as torture and ill-treatment in international law

Torture, 2019
Background: Sleep deprivation is a prevalent method of psychological torture. However, difficulties in documentation have meant that it is not adequately appreciated by courts and other quasijudicial institutions such as UN treaty bodies.
Ergün Cakal
doaj   +1 more source

Screening asylum seekers in Denmark for torture using a structured questionnaire

Torture, 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, Bettina Toftgaard, Jens Modvig   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Torture
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, Maha Aon, Lisa Michaelsen, Jens Modvig   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source