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Out of the frame: disability and the body in the writings of Karl Marx

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2016
How disability as a phenomenon is to be understood has been widely discussed within the field of disability research. Influenced by a Marxist perspective, the social model has reinforced the view that disability results from the organization of society ...
Staffan Bengtsson
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Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legal and Axiological Aspects of Preventing the Causes of Disability in the context of a ‘healthy environment’

open access: yesEastern European Journal of Transnational Relations, 2019
The present article is an attempt to discuss the legal and axiological aspects of preventing the causes of disability in the context of a “healthy” environment.
Radosław Mędrzycki
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Disability from a public health perspective [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2015
At the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV), methods to alleviate problems with disability have been seen as an important part of actions to support public health. A programme for universal design was started in 2006. Some issues of public health perspectives on disability are presented in this paper, based on discussions from a PhD course held at the
openaire   +2 more sources

Disability in Islam: Challenging Saudi Disabled Teachers’ Perspectives

open access: yesJournal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, 2022
This study aims to critically explore how do Saudi disabled teachers perceive the nature of disability in relation to Islamic teachings, as this impacts on themselves as disabled teachers and how they interact, treat and teach their disabled students.
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Understanding research, consent and ethics: a participatory research methodology in a medium secure unit for men with a learning disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
People with learning disability have historically been the subjects or recipients of research, rather than participants or contributors. Whilst there is considerable literature on issues of informed consent, little is known about what people with ...
Cook, Tina, Inglis, Pamela
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Experience Centred Design for a Robotic Eating Aid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We discuss how an experience centred approach to robotic design might lead to new design spaces and products that are more engaging and better meet users' needs and lifestyles.
Jiménes Villarreal, Javier   +1 more
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Low‐Dose Colchicine Prophylaxis When Starting Allopurinol Using the “Start‐Low Go‐Slow” Approach for Gout: Evidence From a Noninferiority Randomized Double‐Blind Placebo‐Controlled Trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of low‐dose colchicine prophylaxis for preventing gout flares when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach. Methods Participants with gout, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for starting urate‐lowering therapy and with serum urate
Yana Pryymachenko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio-political Perspectives on the Expression of People with Disabilities in Music Therapy: Case Examples

open access: yesVoices, 2014
The burgeoning interdisciplinary field of disability studies has understood disability not as medical pathology, but rather as a social and cultural construction. It involves political attempts to move the dividing line between dis/ability, ab/normal, as
Hiroko Miyake
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Christian Special Educators Responding to the Call to Serve: The Perception of Disability with a Christian Worldview Lens

open access: yes, 2011
Most Christian special education teachers respond to a call to teach children with disabilities and are inspired to share the plan, purpose, and perspective of Christ; in other words to have the mind of Christ (Tucker, 1996, p. 29).
Thorsos, Nilsa J.
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