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Psychological Suffering, Medicalization and Women: Contributions in the Field of Public Health
Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia, 2021 In recent years we have seen a growing psychological suffering in women attended in primary health care in developing countries. This paper aims to analyze psychological suffering in a small city in northeastern Brazil and its relationship with ...
Luciana Fernandes de Medeiros +4 more
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Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults: Training Outcomes Among Physicians and Other Healthcare Practitioners in Community-Based Settings [PDF]
, 2015 Screening and brief intervention (SBI) is increasingly available to older adults who engage in at-risk drinking. This study examined the extent to which SBI training influenced the willingness of healthcare providers in a community-based hospital and ...
Coogle, Constance L, Owens, Myra G
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Euthanasia Considered as Device Paradigm [PDF]
, 1997 In this paper I take as my point of departure the way euthanasia has been legally settled in the Netherlands. My concern is not with the question whether euthanasia is morally or religiously acceptable.
Tijmes, Pieter
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Medical emergencies in medical imaging [PDF]
BMJ Quality & Safety, 2012 Sending inpatients to the medical imaging department is sometimes tantamount to discharging them from hospital for hours at a time. Consider, for example, a patient with an unexplained acute abdomen where an urgent CT scan is indicated. Patient transport, logistical delays and the procedure itself may lead to gaps in monitoring vital signs, providing ...
John A, Staples, Donald A, Redelmeier
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Obstetric violence: a Latin American legal response to mistreatment during childbirth [PDF]
, 2018 Over the last several years, a new legal construct has emerged in Latin America that encompasses elements of quality of obstetric care and mistreatment of women during childbirth - both issues of global maternal health import. Termed "obstetric violence,"
Belizan, Jose +5 more
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Revisiting Medicalization: A Critique of the Assumptions of What Counts As Medical Knowledge
Frontiers in Sociology, 2017 The concept of medicalization is hugely influential, and empirical studies have demonstrated that medicalization has largely been achieved not only through the work of medical professionals or scientists but also increasingly through the efforts of ...
Tiago Correia
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionThe use of psychotropics, such as benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BzRAs), among working-age adults in Belgium has shown educational differences. However, it is unclear how work status plays a role in this relationship.
Lisa Colman +3 more
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The Medicalization of Cannabis [PDF]
, 2010 Annotated and edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held on 24 March 2009. Introduction by Professor Leslie Iversen.First published by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2010.©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 2010 ...
Crowther, SM, Reynolds, LA, Tansey, EM
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Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved +4 more
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The medicalization of sleeplessness: Results of U.S. office visit outcomes, 2008–2015
SSM: Population Health, 2019 Previous analysis of U.S. physician office visits (1993–2007) indicated that the medicalization of sleeplessness was on the rise and had potentially negative implications for population health. Our study asks if the medicalization of sleeplessness at the
Mairead Eastin Moloney +2 more
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