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Showing 1 to 20 of 3671 for “"Medicine and Health"”.
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Effects of Messages About Genetics, Race, and Health on Public Opinion About Personalized Medicine and Health Policy
… knowledge about the genetic basis of many traits and common diseases has increased substantially (Kessler et al., 2007). As progress in the field of genetics continues to occur at a rapid pace, there is growing concern about the social and ethical consequences of these advances. One area of …
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Strengthening Human And Institutional Capacity: A Program Assessment
<p>Shortages of health care workers compromises the ability for health workers to provide care. Rwanda’s priority to increase the production and quality of the health care workforce through multilateral partnerships demonstrates their commitment to achieve positive health outcomes, promote …
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Knowledge, attitudes and application of evidence-based practice by third and fourth year undergraduate nursing students at the University of Rwanda (UR)
… (EBP) is an important component in improving the health care outcomes of a country's population. Despite the importance and relevance of EBP to nursing, nurses do not routinely understand and use evidence-based principles in their everyday practice. This may influence the attitudes and knowledge …
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Interférence cognitivo-motrice chez les personnes atteintes de sclérose en plaques
A thesis presented to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science in Health sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4 Background: Multiple sclerosis …
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Trips flexibilities and access to essential medicines in South Africa
… property flexibilities that are targeted and designed to protect and preserve access to medicine and health care. This dissertation will discuss a number of reasons and influences that have an effect on South Africa's accessibility to medicine through the means of intellectual property. …
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An Analysis of Learning Styles in Podiatric Medical Students, Residents, and Practitioners
… at least ten years, pediatric surgical residents and students in the first three years of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine. Kolb feels that major learning styles are a combination of feeling versus abstract concepts and observation versus …
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Translating traditional Chinese medicine anchored in philosophy: towards a fuller account of the cultural richness of Su Wen
… reputed to be a “Bible of Traditional Chinese Medicine”,黄帝内经 (Huang Di Nei Jing) is a pioneering medical textbook extant in China. Many Traditional Chinese Medicine terms and theories used in today’s society are rooted in素问 (Su Wen), the first part of Huang Di Nei Jing. However, the increase in …
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Detached from Our Bodies: Representing women's mental health and well-being with graphic memoirs
… the humanities inspire the production, analysis, and incorporation of creative works in geographical research (de Leeuw & Hawkins, 2017). With their ever-growing popularity in the humanities, graphic novels are one example of a creative work gaining epistemological momentum in geography. Graphic …
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The Effects of Problem-based Learning on National Board Scores, Clinical Evaluations and Residency Selection of Medical Students
… of National Board Scores, Clinical Evaluations and Residency Selection for students encountering a problem based curriculum. Procedures: This study compared the Classes of 1990(Traditional Curriculum) and 1991(Problem Based Curriculum) of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health …
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Using clickers in an isiXhosa Communication Course: A case study on implementation of Interactive Student Response Systems (clickers) for learning isiXhosa as an Additional Language in Higher Education clinical settings
… more than one language can benefit individuals and society. For this reason, many universities, especially those with medical faculties, promote the learning of additional languages. Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (SUFMHS) offers an isiXhosa Clinical …
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Literature and Medicine: A Teaching Model for the Students and Practitioners of
The subspecialty of literature and medicine is significant, not only as a supplement to an education in biomedicine and science, but also as a serious engagement in the pursuit of humane feeling essential in the cultivation of health professionals. I aim to convince the instructors of medicine and …
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Are Women Aware? : Factors Related to Women's Knowledge of Risk and Preventive Factors in Breast Cancer
… of less than 1% in breast cancer morbidity and mortality rates. Breast cancer continues to be a feared disease that ravages even its survivors, and grips many with fear. Furthermore, breast cancer remains the highest cost of care among cancers. In 1990 the overall cost of care for breast …
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The Voice of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease: a grounded theory to understand the illness experience and support needs of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans disease in a rural district of central Ghana.
… Even though the mortality rate is low morbidity and consequent disabilities which affect the quality of life of sufferers is very high. If the disease is reported early treatment is available but many people receive help late in the disease process. Many reasons have been given in the literature …
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Interpersonal violence and fracture patterns in 18th and 19th century London.
Violent behaviour can be seen all over the world and across time; it is also intrinsically linked to culture. As such, the analysis of skeletal material presents excellent physical evidence of violent occurrences within communities. The current thesis looks to understand the possible presence of …
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Demographic differences in exposure to toxic trace elements in urban South Africa during the 20th century.
… toxic elements is a significant threat to public and individual health worldwide. Toxic elements such as heavy metals are associated with increased mortality and morbidity in both men and women and are a substantial contributor to neurological deficits and developmental delay in children. Analysis …
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Investigating the relationship between sleep and postpartum depression: a longitudinal study examining the relationships between subjective and objective sleep during the perinatal period and postpartum depression.
… relationship exists between sleep disruption and depression. Not only is poor sleep a commonly reported symptom in those with depression, some aspects of sleep have also been shown to predict the onset of depression. Despite sleep problems being a commonly reported occurrence throughout the …
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Blast injury to the human skeleton: recognition, identification and differentiation using morphological and statistical approaches.
… called upon to assess trauma to the skeleton and contextualising the nature of this trauma. Blast injury is a type of trauma which is increasingly seen in a variety of contexts, such as terrorism, human rights violations, combat and accidents. The purpose of this study was to examine blast …
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On being a mental health service user and becoming a service user representative: an autoethnography.
… User Representative with the Dorset Mental Health Forum over several years leading up to 2010. This is a period of change in both the social care and health worlds as they impact on to people suffering from mental distress. In this period are introduced Personal Budgets and a three-year …
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Recovery in anorexia nervosa: the struggle to develop a new identity.
… of individuals who have experience of it and examine if there are implications for practice. A Grounded Theory methodology was used and semi structured interviews employed to collect the data. The sample consisted of 12 individuals who had experience of AN, either as currently ill or …
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Met or matched expectations: what accounts for a successful back pain consultation in primary care.
… to play a vital role in concordance, adherence and satisfaction with the given treatment; a more potent aspect, however, could be a state of matched patient-GP expectations, which could have an influential effect on the process and outcome of the medical consultation. This aspect, however, has …
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