A Life Below the Threshold? Examining Conflict Between Ethical Principles and Parental Values In Neonatal Treatment Decision Making [PDF]
, 2016 Three common ethical principles for establishing the limits of parental authority in pediatric treatment decision making are the harm principle, the principle of best interest, and the threshold view.
Cunningham, Thomas V.
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Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2017 Significant, unexplained disparities in the incidence of lung cancer in men and breast cancer among some neighbouring populations of the Pomorskie voivodeship poviats were revealed. They were not found for lung cancer in women.
Maciej Krzanowski
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History and Main Research Currents in Polish Medical Geography
Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018 The main aim of the study is to present the history and the state of research in Polish medical geography. Its origins are the same as in world geography, i.e. it is associated with non-geographers.
Michalski Tomasz
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Medical geography: has J.M. May borrowed M. Sorre's 1933 concept of pathogenic complexes?
Cybergeo, 2003 The conceptual and methodological framework of modern medical geography began in 1950s with the publication of the paper by J.M. May entitled: « Medical Geography: Its Methods and Objectives », in 1950 in The Geographical Review.
Rais Akhtar
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Medical topographies: Sources for the evolutionary study of territory and landscape [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2020 This research delves into the comprehensive treatment of textual geohistorical sources, promoting the procedures that currently advocate the recovery, analysis and opening of scientific knowledge in a transparent and extensive way to the society. Between
Alejandro Vallina Rodríguez* +2 more
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Rurality or distance to care and the risk of homelessness among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: To date, no studies have examined the relationship of rurality and distance to nearest VA facility to risk of homelessness. METHODS: We examined differences in the rate of homelessness within a year of a Veteran's first encounter with
Brignone, Emily +8 more
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Risk for Human African Trypanosomiasis, Central Africa, 2000–2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Comprehensive georeference records for human African trypanosomiasis in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon were combined with human population layers to estimate a kernel-smoothed relative risk function.
Pere P. Simarro +8 more
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INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC FACTOR ON NATURALLY DETERMINED DISEASES IN А REGIONAL CONTEXT
Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2018 The spread of almost all diseases caused by living pathogens is determined primarily by environmental conditions. These pathogens like any other biological objects are the components of the certain natural ecosystems.
Svetlana M. Malkhazova +3 more
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Suicidal journeys: attempted suicide as geographies of intended death [PDF]
, 2015 In geography, a conversation around suicide survivors and their suicidal journeys has yet to happen. The current prioritisation of suicide as end points marked on maps and patterns of death in space and regions has obscured the lived experience of adults
Stevenson, Olivia
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Modelling spatial accessibility to medical care. Case study of the North-Eastern Region of Romania [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2015 Providing the entire population with the same accessibility to services of general interest is among the priorities of EU policy. Among these services, those concerned with medical treatment occupy a special place due to their social and economic ...
Mihail Eva , Corneliu Iatu
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