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Moving Toward Universalism? The Future of Long‐Term Care in the United States
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points America's long‐term care system is largely poverty‐based, requiring most older adults to spend down their assets to qualify for limited, Medicaid‐funded support, which is biased toward institutional care and plagued by bureaucratic complexity and enrollment hurdles. There are now, however, some promising changes.
PAMELA HERD
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All Gone to the Dogs: Peasant and Aristocratic Masculinities in a Late Medieval Swiss Revolt
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines chronicle accounts of the so‐called ‘Waldmann Affair’, a revolt within the territories of the city–state of Zurich in 1489 directed against its mayor, Hans Waldmann. The revolt was partly the consequence of failed economic and political reforms which put pressure on the countryside, but was provoked by the command issued ...
Jamie Page
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"Euthanasia" in ancient Rome - historical and legal aspects
Journal of Modern ScienceObjectives The purpose of this paper is to analyse the euthanathic homicide in the ancient Rome. The author is looking for answers to the questions: How did the ancient Romans understand euthanasia?
Piotr Sadowski
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Euthanasia and Death with Dignity [PDF]
Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2016 Dying has become imposition upon humans, who seek to avoid it as they encounter the inevitably fatal aging process. After the case of Aruna Shanbag a nurse who spent 42 years in a vegetative state as a result of sexual assault, the issue of ...
Yuvraj Dilip Patil
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
History, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power
History, EarlyView.Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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Children\u27s Mercy Annual Report 1999
, 2000 Annual report for The Children\u27s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City MO, a pediatric medical center.https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/cmh-annual-reports/1016/thumbnail ...
Children\u27s Mercy Hospital
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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi
Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina +4 more
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What medical conditions lead to a request for euthanasia? A rapid scoping review
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Euthanasia is a controversial issue related to the right to die. Although euthanasia is mostly requested by terminally sick individuals, even in societies where it is legal, it is unclear what medical conditions lead to euthanasia ...
Zahra Rahimian +6 more
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