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Imagining the monstrous other: An introduction to the research on the medicalized undead [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANUMonsters are liminal subjects, whose ambivalent position challenges culturally established distinctions between the normal and abnormal, the ordered and disordered, and the healthy and unhealthy.
Mandić Marina
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Medical libraries and medical research
Academic Medicine, 1966 Presented at the Billings Centennial at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. Fogarty reminded his audience of Billings' role in early federal support of research as well as in the growth of the Surgeon General's Library, and then discussed the urgent need for better medical library systems that could keep the growing volume of ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transitioning from pediatric to adult care is a high‐risk period for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). An initial observation at one academic medical center suggested a sex‐based disparity in clinic populations, prompting a national investigation.
Laurie J. Duckworth +5 more
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PLoS ONEThe medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) as a harm reduction strategy is a highly debated issue, although largely unexplored among migrants living outside practising countries.
Livia Elisa Ortensi +3 more
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Practice and Representation Analysis of "Social Phobia" among Young People
Yixue yu zhexueWith the popularization of medical discourse and the increasing accessibility of health information, people are paying more attention to their physical and mental conditions and engaging in self-diagnosis accordingly.
Pengjie LI, Shu WEI
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central nervous system (CNS) relapse of neuroblastoma carries a poor prognosis, and craniospinal irradiation (CSI) poses substantial long‐term toxicity in young children. We report a toddler with MYCN‐amplified neuroblastoma harboring somatic ALK R1275Q who developed extensive leptomeningeal relapse with paraplegia.
Jinwoo Kim +11 more
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Medicalization of female life stages: a qualitative research
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Medicalization involves treating a normal biological process or behavior as a medical issue. Technological developments and media influence have accelerated the spread of medical discourse. All stages of a woman's life, from adolescence to old
Gamze Kırlı, Şerife Didem Kaya
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and is the leading cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in this population. Growing evidence suggests that social determinants of health (SDOH) influence menstrual bleeding patterns, access to care, and treatment. However, no studies have
Maria Carter‐Febres +6 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida +6 more
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Over-Medicalization and Criminalization of Birth In the United States: Exploring the Outcomes [PDF]
, 2020 This paper will examine the effects that over-medicalization and criminalization have had on the state of giving birth in the United States. It will attempt to offer insight on why the United States ranks near the bottom of countries that are considered “
Wallace, Meg, 20
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