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Journal articles on the topic "Social aspects of Visiting the sick"
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Elias, Marina Sá, and Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani. "Historical and social aspects of halitosis." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 14, no. 5 (October 2006): 821–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692006000500026.
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Buccal odors have always been a factor of concern for society. This study aims to investigate the historical and social base of halitosis, through systematized research in the database BVS (biblioteca virtual em saúde - virtual library in health) and also in books. Lack of knowledge on how to prevent halitosis allows for its occurrence, limiting quality of life. As social relationships are one of the pillars of the quality of life concept, halitosis needs to be considered a factor of negative interference. Education in health should be accomplished with a view to a dynamic balance, involving human beings' physical and psychological aspects, as well as their social interactions, so that individuals do not become jigsaw puzzles of sick parts.
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Thiel, Mary Martha. "Book Review & Note: Training Guide for Visiting the Sick: More Than a Social Call." Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications 61, no. 1-2 (March 2007): 156–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154230500706100126.
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Milicic, Nenad, and Takeshi Hamano. "Re-visiting Popper’s social philosophy concerning globalisation." Theoria, Beograd 63, no. 3 (2020): 17–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/theo2003017m.
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Globalisation is a phenomenon that dominates the defining spirit (zeitgeist) of our historical time. The article revisits Popper?s critique of the methodology of the social sciences in the light of contemporary theories of globalisation. His standpoint contributes to the establishment of new arguments in the current debate between the pros and cons of globalisation. Here, neoliberalism, the dark side of globalisation, is carefully scrutinised since it is the most controversial consequence of the world?s transformation. Not only does neoliberalisation accelerate the rapid growth of the free market, but its consequences are such that most sovereign nation-states have abandoned the previously de rigueur welfare policies. Paradoxically, the neoliberal economic programme, invoking liberal values with which it has little in common, encourages activities which diminish the importance of regulations and control by the state, ultimately leading to increased social disparity among people and permanently threatening traditional liberal values. Against such a reductionist policy of global social engineering, we oppose the arguments presented in Popper?s critique of historicism and holism in order to revise the methodology that provides the grounds for current globalisation theories through philosophical research. We integrate the facts into a coherent critical argument to point out the shortcomings of these theories and how they can be corrected. Finally, in proposing plausible solutions for the new role of the sovereign nation-state in correcting the negative consequences of the globalisation process, we clarify which aspects within the theories of globalis ation require further philosophical research.
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Tverdokhlebova, T. I., E. V. Kovalev, H. V. Karpushchenko, M. A. Kulak, O. S. Dumbadze, A. R. Litovko, and A. S. Kaljuzhin. "Socioeconomic aspects of COVID-19 on the example of Rostov region." Infekcionnye bolezni 18, no. 4 (2020): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.20953/1729-9225-2020-4-27-32.
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Objective. To evaluate the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Rostov region. Material and methods. This article focuses on social and economic aspects of COVID-19. By estimating direct medical costs and gross domestic product (GDP) losses (sick leave days), we assessed the economic damage caused by the pandemic in Rostov region. When calculating direct medical costs, we considered per-case costs of completed outpatient and inpatient treatment and costs of laboratory testing (identification of coronavirus). When calculating the costs associated with paid sick Rostov region in 2020. Results. We found that COVID-19-associated direct medical costs and GDP losses (sick leave days) were 3,174,344,917.04 RUB. Almost half (42.7%) of direct medical costs were spent on outpatient treatment. GDP losses were 1,014,047,274.24 RUB. Conclusion. In addition to the direct impact on the health of vulnerable individuals, current pandemic will inevitably cause longterm socioeconomic consequences for both people and the economy. The assessment of the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 is important to develop effective preventive and anti-epidemic measures, as well as to make optimal management decisions. Key words: GDP losses, pandemic, direct medical costs, PCR diagnostics, Rostov region, COVID-19
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Lantos, John D. "In Practice: Just Visiting." Hastings Center Report 34, no. 3 (May 2004): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3528412.
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Clemente, Mateus Aparecido, Denise Lange, Kleber Del-Claro, Fábio Prezoto, Núbia Ribeiro Campos, and Bruno Corrêa Barbosa. "Flower-Visiting Social Wasps and Plants Interaction: Network Pattern and Environmental Complexity." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2012 (2012): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/478431.
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Network analysis as a tool for ecological interactions studies has been widely used since last decade. However, there are few studies on the factors that shape network patterns in communities. In this sense, we compared the topological properties of the interaction network between flower-visiting social wasps and plants in two distinct phytophysiognomies in a Brazilian savanna (Riparian Forest and Rocky Grassland). Results showed that the landscapes differed in species richness and composition, and also the interaction networks between wasps and plants had different patterns. The network was more complex in the Riparian Forest, with a larger number of species and individuals and a greater amount of connections between them. The network specialization degree was more generalist in the Riparian Forest than in the Rocky Grassland. This result was corroborated by means of the nestedness index. In both networks was found asymmetry, with a large number of wasps per plant species. In general aspects, most wasps had low niche amplitude, visiting from one to three plant species. Our results suggest that differences in structural complexity of the environment directly influence the structure of the interaction network between flower-visiting social wasps and plants.
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Bräutigam, Barbara, Sarah Lüngen, and Matthias Müller. "Home Visiting Work: A Transdisciplinary Study." Research on Social Work Practice 30, no. 5 (January 14, 2020): 576–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731519898759.
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Purpose: Home visiting (HV) work represents an expanding, extremely promising, and commonly practiced approach that can be seen in various areas of social work as well as health care. This report presents the results of the research study “‘home treatment’ (HT)—transdisciplinary research in HV work.” Method: It is the first German study that has used qualitative and quantitative methods to collect data from different professions in respect to this topic. From the point of view of the professionals, the study underlines that HV work principally seems to be a good base for establishing a professional and confidential relationship. They attribute more sustainability and participation from the clients to home-based interventions than other forms of help. After a short introduction about the current situation of HV work, the research project will be explained and the qualitative and quantitative methods described. Results: The results of the “HT Questionnaire” will be presented in 10 sections and the qualitative results in a model for reflection based on three points of view and five main topics. Discussion: Finally, some ethical and safety aspects will be discussed.
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Vidman, Åsa, and Annika Strömberg. "“Well it is for their sake we are here”: meaningful work tasks from care workers’ view." Working with Older People 22, no. 2 (June 11, 2018): 111–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wwop-09-2017-0024.
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Purpose Employees in elderly care have a high rate of sick leave. One explanation is that employees that experience a low level of meaning of work are at a higher risk for long-term sick leave. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative interview study aims to examine what employees in residential care facilities experience as the meaningful aspects of their work tasks. Interviews with 14 persons employed in residential care facilities were conducted. Findings The findings show that meaningful work tasks are about organizing the work to make use of the creativity and knowledge of the staff in order to support relations with older people. Originality/value The knowledge about what constitutes a healthy work environment is not as comprehensive as it is about what constitutes health risks. Furthermore, these issues have been considered by only a few qualitative studies about social care in the field of sick leave. Therefore, this qualitative interview study examines what employees in residential care facilities experience as meaningful aspects of their work tasks.
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Stone, Deborah. "Protect the Sick: Health Insurance Reform in One Easy Lesson." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36, no. 4 (2008): 652–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2008.00319.x.
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In most other nations, insurance for medical care is called sickness insurance, and it covers sick people. In the United States, we have “health insurance,” and its major carriers — commercial insurers, large employers, and increasingly government programs — strive to avoid sick people and cover only the healthy. This perverse logic at the heart of the American health insurance system is the key to reform debates.Focusing on sick people versus healthy people might seem a strange way to view the coverage issue. Most discussions of insurance categorize people into other groupings: the insured versus the uninsured; Caucasian whites versus other racial and ethnic groups; men versus women; poor and low-income people versus everybody else; children, adults, and the elderly; or citizens versus immigrants and undocumented aliens. More recently, health researchers have begun talking about “vulnerable populations,” using most of the same demographic groupings and adding other illness-inducing factors such as social isolation, stress, and impoverished neighborhoods. But as I will show, insurance plans now use premiums, cost-sharing, and other design features in ways that indirectly divide each of these groups into the sick and the healthy, to the detriment of the sick. By shifting the costs of illness onto people who use medical care — that is, sick people — market-oriented reforms of the last few decades have eroded insurance in the name of strengthening it.
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Huett, Bruce. "The revival of Himalayan papermaking: historical, social-cultural and economic aspects." Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi 14, no. 3 (November 18, 2020): 421–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.33077/uw.25448730.zbkh.2020.632.
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We normally hardly notice the mass-produced paper products that pass through our hands on a daily basis, which we then recycle. In fact it has recently been predicted that books printed on paper will be replaced by digital formats. However, paper endures and specialist craft papers are now being produced in increasing quantities, especially valued by artists and conservators, but also by tourists visiting paper-producing areas around the world. Paper is therefore flourishing even in our computer and mobile-phone focused world. One of the areas benefiting from this revival is the Himalayas. As well as serving the tourist trade these products are now exported world-wide, as they were when paper first arrived in Europe in the eleventh century. There are even organisations that run Tibetan-style paper making workshops in America. This paper focuses on the papermaking revival in Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim (India). Using information gained from visits to producers, middle men, as well as retail and export operations, it seeks to compare the economic and social factors influencing the revival, including conservation issues. The conclusion highlights the fact that, even in the twenty first century, hand-crafted items still play an important rôle in our lives.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Social aspects of Visiting the sick"
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Ottosson, Carin. "Somato-psycho-social aspects of recovery after traffic injuries /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-721-9/.
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Ravert, Russell D. (Russell Douglas). "Hospitalized School-Age Children: Psychosocial Issues and Use of a Live, Closed-Circuit Television Program." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500433/.
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This descriptive study utilized semi-structured interviews and observations to examine the experiences of hospitalized school-age children, and explore the potential of a live, closed-circuit television program as a psychosocial intervention. Among findings, Phase I data from 16 subjects indicates a) concern with painful medical procedures, particularly intraveneous (IV) injections, b) a desire for more information, especially concerning medical equipment, c) a variety of responses to social issues among subjects, d) the importance of activities, and e) the central role of the hospital playroom. Phase II data indicates that live, closed-circuit television can provide ambulatory and room-bound children opportunities for making choices, social interaction, participation, and information on their environment. Conclusions and implications are included.
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Chen, Qilun. "Draw, Find, Answer and Decrypt : A Participatory Design approach to gift-giving experiences for couples visiting museums." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Människa-datorinteraktion, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-386052.
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Att besöka museum är ett populärt nöje, och ett sätt att erhålla ny kunskap. Tidigare studier har visat på positiva resultat av att öka meningsfullheten av besöken genom användning av teknologi. Denna forskning introducerade en design som framtagits genom deltagande design. Forskningen visar på möjligheten att förstärka upplevelsen av museibesöket genom digitalt gåvo-givande beteende. Deltagarna besöker ett museum som ett par, där den ena parten agerar gåvogivare och den andra mottagare. Under besöket ritar deltagarna sketcher, hittar objekt, svarar på frågor angående utställningsföremålen och samlar därigenom ledtrådar för att avkryptera gåvan. Denna forskning förklarar hur gåvo-givande beteende bidrar till den sociala upplevelsen mellan romantiska par och hur denna bidrar till upplevelsen av museibesöket. Resultatet erbjuder möjligheter för vidare forskning om hur nära förhållanden påverkar meningsfulla upplevelser.Museums are popular among people to relax and obtain knowledge. Prior studies showed great efforts on increasing meaningfulness of the museum tour with the support of technology. This research introduces a design created through participatory design practice. The interaction presents its potential of enhancing the museum visiting experience for visitors in intimate relationships through digital gift- giving behavior. Participants visit the museum as couples, with one party acting as the gift giver and the other as the gift receiver. During the visit, participants draw sketches, find objects, answer questions related to the objects and collect the clues to decrypt the given gift. This research explains how gift- giving behavior enhances the social experience between the intimate couple and how social interaction between intimate couple enhances the museum visiting experience. This research suggests the opportunity for research on the effect of the close relationship on meaningful experiences.
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Cheung, Yun-ping Mary, and 張潤屛. "Patients' resources centre: from a ��marketingstrategy' to an enhancement of the quality of patient care." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31964734.
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Scannell, Alice Updike. "The Longterm Psychosocial Impacts of Caregiving on the Caregivers of Persons with Stroke." PDXScholar, 1989. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1312.
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This study is a Time 4 (T4) follow-up interview of ninety-three caregivers of persons who experienced a first stroke between 2 to 4 years (mean = 36 months) prior to the T4 interview. The first wave of data collection occurred within two months after the stroke. The second and third waves occurred six and twelve months, respectively, after the first interview. The caregivers were identified by the person with stroke as being the person closest to him/her who would be responsible for care after the stroke.
Data were gathered at all four interviews using reliable and valid measures for depressive symptomatology (CES-D; Radloff, 1977), psychological well-being (IPWB; Berkman, 1971), and caregiver burden (Zarit, 1980). The contribution of social support to caregiver well-being was also investigated. Additional areas of investigation at T4 included coping strategies (F-Copes; McCubbin, Larsen, and Olson, 1981), caregiver adjustment, and the respondents' perception of themselves as "caregivers".
The mean scores of depressive symptomatology, perceived burden, negative well-being, and positive well-being did not change significantly over the four points in time. However, the percentage of the sample having CES-D levels of 16 and above (indicating potential diagnosis of clinical depression) decreased by ten percent between T1 and T4. About ten percent of the respondents who were at risk for clinical depression at T4 reported high levels of depressive symptoms at all four interviews.
Respondents who specifically thought of themselves as "caregivers" (sixty-two percent) were significantly more likely to report high levels of depressive symptoms, to experience high levels of strain and caregiver burden, and to be caring for persons who were more severely impaired by the stroke than those who did not.
Caregiver characteristics contributed more to the variance in depressive symptoms and psychological well-being than did characteristics of the stroke. However, depressive symptomatology and perceived burden were significantly associated with both the functional capacity of the person with stroke and with an index of stroke severity comprised of communication impairments and negative personality/behavior changes since the stroke.
The findings from this study have implications for stroke management programs, caregiver intervention planning, and health care policy.
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Mailula, Gaefele Simon. "Listening to the unheard stories of children affected by HIV and AIDS in a bereavement process in the Mamelodi Township of Tshwane a narrative research study /." Thesis, Pretoria [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/avaialble/etd-09252009-011209/.
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Ramnath, Ronica. "Perceptions and preferences of patients, family/friends and nurses on visiting time in ICU." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1671.
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Advances in science and technology have made nursing practice in acute care settings complex, rapid and demanding. Hospital visiting hours and rules are established for the comfort and safety of patients and their loved ones. In addition, there is the need to focus on the needs of 'the customer'.
The researcher adopted a descriptive, exploratory approach to determine the perceptions and preferences of patients, family members/friends and nurses of visiting time in ICUs. The aim was to recommend mechanisms and measures with regard to the desired visiting schedule that would enhance patient-centred integrated care in ICUs.
The study found that patients and family members/friends preferred extended visiting time and perceived this as beneficial to them, while the majority of the nurses preferred scheduled visiting time.Health Studies
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Dzikiti, Lianda Gamuchirai. "Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel: expenditure patterns of Zimbabweans travelling between South Africa and Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23605.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, June 2017.Tourism contributes to economic development in both developed and developing countries. Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel is one of the largest forms of tourism on a global level. However, there has been limited research over the past decades on VFR travel. In recent times, VFR travel has attracted the attention of researchers due to increasing rate of migration resulting in the promotion of regional tourism through VFR travel. Despite the influx of migrants in South Africa, research on international VFR travel has been limited as most research on VFR travel has been on local level from one province to another. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the expenditure pattern of Zimbabweans travelling to and from South Africa for VFR purposes. Furthermore, the study seeks to identify the benefits of VFR travel to individual households in Zimbabwe. Using a quantitative framework, 200 questionnaires were distributed to Zimbabweans and a Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was used as an analysis tool. The theory of consumer behaviour was implemented to discuss and analyse the findings, revealing that VFR travellers from South Africa spend more than VFR travellers to South Africa on transport cost, food and beverages, entertainment and financial remittances. The expenditure is based on socio-demographic and travel-related characteristics. As a result of VFR travellers’ expenditure, the benefits, which are directed to individual households in Zimbabwe, include household upkeep, education, business investment, health and other reasons. Thus this study focuses attention on international VFR travel and its contribution to the tourism economy in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Key Words: Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR), Tourism, Migration, Expenditure, Regional Tourism, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
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Mudau, Zwodangani David. "An evaluation of HIV/AIDS ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa's congregations in the Umgeni circuit of the South Eastern Diocese (KwaZulu-Natal)." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3074.
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The spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa has evoked many responses from the national government, Non-Governmental Organizations and the church. There are many reasons why the church should respond to this challenge of HIV/AIDS and join hands with the worldwide effort to provide care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in our society. As the epidemic increases, many people in South Africa are falling sick, suffering physically, emotionally and spiritually and many are abandoned and desolate. Men, women, young people and children are dying; families and communities are severely affected socially and economically. This thesis examines the response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) to AIDS and suggests a more adequate strategy to deal with HIV/AIDS. First, it examines the incidence and· impact of HIV/AIDS, noting the emotional, physical and socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS. Secondly, this thesis develops a theological response to AIDS. The involvement of ELCSA is examined via research into six parishes in the Umgeni circuit of the South Eastern Diocese (Kwa-Zulu Natal). It argues that a seven-fold framework best describes the sort of strategy needed to fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS. This seven-fold framework includes the following: AIDS education, AIDS counseling, Livelihood support for people living with HIV/AIDS, Advocacy for the people living with HIV/AIDS,Pastoral and practical care for people living with HIV/AIDS, Helping the bereaved families during funeral arrangements and providing grief counseling, and Support systems for AIDS orphans.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2001.
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Akutoko, Bill John. "Religious assets, health outcomes and HIV/AIDS : a challenge and an opportunity for St. Paul's Anglican Church, Pietermaritzburg." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1658.
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The study examines the role religious institutions play in responding to health crises in the community with particular focus on mV/AIDS. The thesis argues for the importance of focusing on health outcomes rather than the traditional "economic" models for assessing health sector in time of AIDS crisis. Health outcomes measures: good practice, increases accountability of services, quantifies the values of interventions where traditional research data may be impractical or lacking. It even assists in determining resource allocations and help to monitor and improve standards of care. This opens the door to focus on religious institutions, where selecting and measuring outcomes could be deeply connected to a community's or institution's mission and be able to describe a specific desirable result or quality of institution's services. The role of religious institutions has not been well recognized in dealing with health issues, and in particular within the religious community itself. Religious communities have not recognized their enormous assets, which they could mobilize in an effort to create good health conditions while facing the challenges of the HIV / AIDS pandemic and other diseases. The study examines the involvement of a local Anglican Church, St Paul's in health in the urban context of Pietermartzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The asset-based approach guides the study in capturing the basic notion that assets carry value and may be used to create greater value. The research findings show that the worshippers of St Paul's Anglican Church seem to have little understanding of their religious asset portfolio, which can be used effectively to improve the health conditions and health prospects of those in need in order to build healthy communities. The study argues that religious congregations and other faith-based organizations can play a vital role in local public health systems and community-based health improvements initiatives. In addition, faith communities can act as conveners and mobilizers of community residents and other faith-based groups around issues of health policy and interventions for health promotion and disease prevention (e.g. nutrition, care, VCT, etc.).Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
Books on the topic "Social aspects of Visiting the sick"
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Howe, Susanna. Sick: A cultural history of snowboarding. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1998.
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Social aspects of illness, disease, and sickness absence. Oslo, Norway: Unipub, 2011.
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Cheung, Sidney C. H. Re-visiting Hong Kong paradise: A study of Japanese net surfers. Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
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Cracking jokes: Studies of sick humor cycles & stereotypes. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 1987.
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Ross, Steven. A parent's guide: When young children visit the nursing home. Plantation, FL: Distinctive Pub. Corp., 1995.
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Kornfield, Ruth. "I'm sick ... I'm coming": Illness among Zairian elite women. [East Lansing, Mich.]: Michigan State University, 1985.
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The impact of inequality: How to make sick societies healthier. London: Routledge, 2005.
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What makes women sick: Gender and the political economy of health. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1995.
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Doyal, Lesley. What makes women sick: Gender and the political economy of health. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1995.
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Eggemeier, Matthew T., and Peter Joseph Fritz. "The Politics of Mercy against Neoliberal Sacrifice." In Send Lazarus, 164–204. Fordham University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823288014.003.0006.
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This chapter responds to the neoliberal crises described in chapter 3 in light of the theology of mercy developed in chapter 4. First, theological ideas provide theoretical-critical leverage over against the neoliberal vision for the world: the doctrine of creation, imago dei, the freedom of Christ, and the hospitality of Christ. Second, a principle from CST or secular discourse (if the Catholic church has not developed an adequate response) offers a long-term goal for civilization: universal destination of goods and abolitionism. Finally, corporal works of mercy respond to neoliberal sacrifices: against environmental destruction, visiting the sick; slum proliferation, feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, and clothing the naked; mass incarceration, ransoming the captive; and mass deportation, welcoming the stranger. These works must be made political not only as direct action, but also as an interlocking strategy over the short-term, middle-term, and long-term for social transformation.
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Lysaught, M. Therese. "Catholicism and the Neonatal Context." In Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 37–64. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190636852.003.0003.
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Roman Catholics comprise the largest single denomination in the United States and are the nation’s largest group of not-for-profit healthcare providers. Yet, there is little or no available literature to assist neonatal caregivers in understanding how religious beliefs and values might influence parents’ responses to the challenges posed by their newborn’s care. Equally, there is little or no available literature on the academic or pastoral side addressing questions of neonatal medicine from a theological perspective. This chapter addresses how Roman Catholic teachings might affect the ways in which parents and caregivers make treatment decisions. It examines the neonatal context in light of five aspects of Catholic teaching—the dignity of the human person, patient decision making, withholding and withdrawing treatment, palliative care, and Catholic social thought—as well as three important Catholic practices—baptism, the anointing of the sick, and the care of babies’ bodies, living and dead.
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Clasen, Mathias. "“I’m Nervous about What the Popularity of Horror Says about Society”." In A Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies, 117–35. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197535899.003.0008.
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Some people may be concerned that the explosion in horror movie production is a symptom of a sick society, but that is not the case. Not only is movie production in general increasing, but horror movies specifically fulfill an important function of addressing widespread, topical anxieties. Horror movies work on two levels: a literal and a metaphorical level. On the literal level, the horror movie induces fear and anxiety through primitive cues that might frighten a monkey, but on the metaphorical level, it can address more abstract worries such as concerns over conformity or racism or other aspects of cultural context. Moreover, horror movies seem to thrive in periods of cultural and social unrest. Horror films are not just symptoms of cultural unrest, however, but may also be a cure for pervasive sociocultural anxieties—a means for people to cope with a scary world.
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"Paediatrics, ethics, and the law." In Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics 3e, edited by Robert C. Tasker, Carlo L. Acerini, Edward Holloway, Asma Shah, and Peter Lillitos, 947–64. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198789888.003.0029.
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Treating sick children creates a range of ethical and legal considerations that are different from adult medicine. Paediatrics adapts as children develop cognitively, physically, and in autonomy. The introduction of new vaccines, therapies, and technology has improved the outcome for many conditions, including preterm birth, CHD, and oncology. At the same time as improvements in medicine and technology has come increased societal expectation, the impact of social media, and the rise of obesity in childhood. There are complex and blurred lines to be negotiated in parental, individual clinician, and institutional responsibility, especially when things go wrong. Paediatrics involves complex cases of neglect and abuse of children that have occurred in all societies and cultures. In this chapter, some of these aspects are discussed, including an outline of ethical principles that allow us to frame decision-making, how the law in the United Kingdom has evolved, and some of the principles of the Children Act 1989 and the Human rights Act 1998.
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Watt, Paul. "Marginalisation and inclusion." In Estate Regeneration and its Discontents, 127–54. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447329183.003.0005.
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This chapter draws upon social tenants’ housing histories and employment experiences to assess urban marginalisation with reference to class, race and gender. Since the 1970s, social housing estates in Western cities have been characterised by poverty, deprivation and stigmatisation. London’s public/social housing has increasingly accommodated deprived and socially marginalised groups including the poor, unemployed, sick and disabled, lone-parent families, ethnic minority groups, and the homeless (Hamnett). This process has been conceptualised as residualisation, social exclusion, and socio-tenurial polarisation. These conceptual frameworks are critiqued along three dimensions. First, they have under-emphasised the dynamic, spatial and inclusionary aspects of tenants’ labour market engagement; female residents often work in the local labour market, and such employment contributes towards working-class getting by and place belonging (Chapter 6). Second, estates have become more socially and ethnically diverse and inclusionary spaces (Sassen). Third, in terms of tenure preferences, council/social housing is valued because, unlike the private rental sector (PRS), it provides security at manageable rents. Contrary to the residualisation thesis regarding social renting, it’s the PRS which has consistently been the tenure of last resort for working-class Londoners. The final section focusses on the shifting relationship between homelessness and social renting.
Conference papers on the topic "Social aspects of Visiting the sick"
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Cardiff, John, and María-José Gómez-Aguilella. "Destination Satisfaction in Senior Tourism: A Case Study." In INNODOCT 2019. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2019.2019.10269.
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In this paper, we present a study which analyzes the experiences of elderly people, when travelling as tourists to specific destinations. With this specific profile we searched results that help us to determine their prospects in tourism. The research is also focused on a specific country, Ireland, although cross-cultural studies are being developed in Spain. The surveys are carried out in three touristic places chosen because of their popularity with our target audience. We conduct a survey in which we elicited the expectations that exist before visiting that destination regarding the perceived reputation of that tourist destination and of the quality of the services offered. These aspects also relate to the degree of hospitality of its inhabitants. This allows us to determine the tourist experience in the destination, focusing on the emotions of the visitor to the destination and of the level of disconnect from everyday life that is achieved. We establish the degree to which their feelings on the destination are discussed in social networks – an important point as this group have not traditionally used social media to a significant degree. We try to establish by means of a quantitative study the tourist profile of these people of advanced age, which is an area of research that has received little attention to date. For this reason, the study reveals knowledge of a new visitor profile in tourist destinations, determined by the experience lived.