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Sure Start Ellesmere Port reach report, May 2005 - December 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This project report discusses the 'reach' of the Sure Start programme in Ellesmere ...
Alford, Simon, Thurston, Miranda
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Medical pluralism and kincentric care in Indigenous Australia: Yanyuwa experiences of illness and the importance of keeping company

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract For over four decades we have collaborated as a team of anthropologists and Indigenous Elders of the Yanyuwa language group. The Yanyuwa are the Indigenous owners of lands and waters in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria. While medicalized healthcare has not been our specific research focus, wellness and ill health have been recurring themes ...
Amanda Kearney   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the Effects of Ice and 3.5% Menthol Gel on Blood Flow and Muscle Strength of the Lower Arm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Context: Soft-tissue injuries are commonly treated with ice or menthol gels. Few studies have compared the effects of these treatments on blood flow and muscle strength.
Jacks, Dean E   +4 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
wiley   +1 more source

Heidegger and Levinas on the phenomenology of the hand: Between work and gesture

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Heidegger and Levinas develop distinct phenomenological accounts of the hand. Both thinkers refuse to treat the hand as merely an anatomical organ, instead viewing it as an essential dimension of human existence. Yet their interpretations diverge sharply. In the first section, I show how Heidegger grounds the function
Cristian Ciocan
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Aromatic Massage on Somatic Problems among a Cohort of Menopausal Women

open access: yesEvidence-Based Nursing Research
Context: Menopause is a significant event in women's lives. It marks the end of a woman's natural reproductive life; it is usually accompanied by symptoms that affect the women's ability to perform their normal daily activities.
Nageya E. Said   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring the Effect of Massage Therapy on Anxiety of Heart Failure Patients [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2016
Somayeh Ramezanli   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Complex Care Management Program Overview - Technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This report provides an overview of technology based complex care management programs, including:Cook County Health and Hospitals System - Computer Assisted Quality of Life and Symptom Assessment of Complex PatientsUniversity of Missouri ...

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