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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
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Human Dignity Concepts in Judicial Reasoning. Study of National and International Law

open access: yesReview of European and Comparative Law, 2020
Many modern legal systems declare, that protection of human dignity plays an important role in its construction. Therefore, a question may be asked if the concept of dignity is similar in different legal systems.
Katarzyna Doroszewska
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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
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Human Dignity, Humiliation, and Torture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Modern human rights instruments ground human rights in the concept of human dignity, without providing an underlying theory of human dignity. This paper examines the central importance of human dignity, understood as not humiliating people, in ...
Luban, David
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Encouraging a Positive Outlook: The Benefits of Appreciative Inquiry in a Theological Library

open access: yesTheological Librarianship, 2013
Librarians face a future of rapid and disconcerting change, and it is increasingly important to address this change in a constructive way. In contrast to problem-solving approaches which focus on the negative, Appreciative Inquiry helps staff recognize ...
Rebecca Louise Miller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Human Dignity in Shi’i Islam: Debates, Challenges, and Solutions for Contemporary Issues

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This study delves into the nuanced understanding of human dignity as expressed and upheld within the framework of Shi’i Islam. Drawing on the Quran as the primary source of Shi’i interpretation of the law and human rights, this research investigates the ...
SeyedAmirHossein Asghari
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Human dignity and bioethics [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2013
By opening the field of bioethics followed a new wave of intense debate on the theological, philosophical and legal significance of the concept of human dignity .
Marjanović Miloš
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Equipping healthcare professionals to care for the whole person

open access: yesChristian Journal for Global Health, 2016
Western medical education has only recently sought to attend to the spiritual aspects of the patient. The overwhelming evidence of the role the spiritual plays in health and disease has led to movement to adopt a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of care.
Sharon Ann Falkenheimer
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The Rule of Law and Human Dignity: Reexamining Fuller’s Canons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Lon Fuller offered an analysis of the rule of law in the form of eight ‘canons’ of lawmaking. He argued (1) that these canons constitute a ‘procedural natural law’, as distinct from traditional ‘substantive’ natural law; but also (2) that lawmaking ...
Luban, David
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