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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual understanding of the role of caring for older adults with combined vision and hearing impairment (DSI). Background Dual sensory impairment (DSI) impacts both listening and speechreading communication, function and social participation, meaning that older adults often require support and ...
Moira E. Dunsmore +3 more
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Deep and disseminated dermatophytosis in immunocompromised populations—A systematic review
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.Dermatophyte infections of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue (i.e. deep dermatophytosis)—associated with secondary complications including pseudomycetoma and systemic dissemination—affect vulnerable populations with primary or acquired immunodeficiencies.
Aditya K. Gupta +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host.
Vinay Kumar Pathak +3 more
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Culture and carelessness: Constituting disability in South India [PDF]
, 2012 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Professional and lay explanations of disability, collected via interviews and participant-observation during fieldwork in Hyderabad, South India ...
Allen +37 more
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Alopecic Patches on the Extremities of a Young Man
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Hamad El Hajj +3 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the embodied and institutional forms of marginalization experienced by Mexican deportees in Tijuana. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in clinics and social service organizations, it explores how deportees are corporeally stigmatized, denied legal recognition, and pathologized as addicts in need of coercive ...
Carlos Martinez
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Combating the Stigmatization of Leprosy: How the first decade of The Star’s publication made the case for romantic relationships and the preservation of domestic life in the Carville Leprosarium [PDF]
, 2013 The stigmatization of leprosy has long been acknowledged as one of the primary obstacles to not only effectively treating leprous patients on a physical level, but also achieving their integration and acceptance into society.
Reed, Gabriela
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Book Review of by Luke Demaitre PhD [PDF]
, 2007 Luke Demaitre's Leprosy in Premodern Medicine: A Malady of the Whole Body is a highly interesting study of the medical history of leprosy and the medical and social perceptions on leprosy that have been around for centuries. Remarkably, it is likely that
Karin M Schmitt
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Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract The primary objective is to critically analyze approaches to local therapy for periodontal disease, particularly in light of its well‐established systemic implications. We specifically address common misconceptions and overestimations regarding the potential of local treatments in contrast to their actual clinical effectiveness.
Andrea Mombelli, Alkisti Zekeridou
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