The Narrative Construction of Internal Organizational Legitimacy
Abstract Organizations torn by significant contradictions may struggle to maintain internal legitimacy. Taking a narrative perspective, and drawing on a case study of Walgreens, a Fortune 500 retail pharmacy, we develop a process model that shows how organizations with an entrenched conflict in their official narratives manage the resulting polyphony ...
Kerrie E. Howard, Andrew D. Brown
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Precise management system for chronic intractable pain patients implanted with spinal cord stimulation based on a remote programming platform: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (PreMaSy study). [PDF]
Cheng Y +15 more
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Declaration of Montréal: declaration that access to pain management is a fundamental human right
At the conclusion of the 13th World Congress on Pain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) hosted an International Pain Summit on September 3, 2010, to address the tragedy of unrelieved pain in the world.
International Pain Summit Of The International Association For The Study Of Pain,
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Assessment of Cannabidiol Supplements Use in Small Animals Practice in Portugal
ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the current use of cannabidiol supplements (CBDS) by Portuguese small animal veterinary practitioners. An anonymous online survey questioning the frequency of CBDS use, purpose of use and the perceived outcome was developed using Microsoft Forms, and targeted veterinarians currently working in small animal clinics in
Maria Inês Santos, Ana Luísa Lourenço
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Mechanisms involved in chronic neuropathic pain after avulsion injury [PDF]
PhDMotor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of injuries involving avulsion of spinal roots from the brachial or lumbosacral plexuses. This results in chronic intractable pain that is refractory to pharmacotherapy.
Chew, Daniel John
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Subcutaneous BoNT/A Injection for Intractable Pain and Disability in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report. [PDF]
Tereshko Y +5 more
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Neuropathic Facial Pain
OBJECTIVE Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established, evidence-based therapy with FDA approval for Parkinson\u27s disease and essential tremor.
Sharona Ben-Haim +5 more
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“Nowhere else to go”: Slow abandonment and (en)closures of long‐term care in Los Angeles
Abstract Residential long‐term care facilities, known in California as “board and care” homes, have been closing rapidly in the last decade. Proponents assert these provide vital forms of housing and care to the poor and must be saved, while critics contend they perpetuate the institutionalization of people with disabilities and should be abolished ...
Maxwell A. Hellmann
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Does age moderate self-pain enmeshment in chronic pain patients? [PDF]
Research has demonstrated that chronic pain can compromise identity by becoming enmeshed and centralised with pain. Pain-identity enmeshment and pain-identity centrality are associated with greater affective distress and poorer chronic pain adjustment ...
Perry, Mark Paul
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Methylene blue for intractable pain from oral mucositis related to cancer treatment: a randomized phase 2 clinical trial. [PDF]
Roldan CJ +8 more
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