Abstract Objective While epilepsy research has largely focused on medical management and clinical outcomes, less attention has been given to the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy (PWE), particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Gus A. Baker +52 more
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing
Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
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Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic
Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
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Advanced flexible brain computer interface materials: From development to application
This review explores how novel materials coatings are advancing brain‐computer interface (BCI) technology. It describes how these materials help overcome key challenges in signal accuracy, biocompatibility, and device durability. The paper highlights BCI applications in medicine and entertainment, and discusses future trends that could transform human ...
Renquan Guan +5 more
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Sensory Processing and Cognitive Resilience in Nursing Home Residents. [PDF]
Chu YC, Huang CC.
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The Mental Health Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Health and Social Care Workers
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic placed exceptional strain on essential services, raising urgent concerns about the mental well‐being of workers in critical sectors. This study examines the short‐ and medium‐term effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of health and social care (HSC) workers in the UK relative to other occupational groups ...
Victoria Serra‐Sastre +2 more
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Trends in end-of-life hospitalisations of nursing home residents: a systematic review. [PDF]
Wandscher K, Hoffmann F, Czwikla J.
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Information Shocks, Legal Liability and Physician Decisions
ABSTRACT Physician adoption of new information about a medical procedure can affect patient outcomes. Medical malpractice law may influence physician use of such information. We analyze how physician reactions to information shocks regarding vaginal births after cesarean sections (VBACs) in the 1990s were mediated by tort reform and the standard used ...
David Mushinski, Sammy Zahran
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Using Natural Language Processing to Improve Fall Documentation in VA Nursing Home Residents. [PDF]
Graham LA +9 more
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