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Showing 1 to 20 of 395 for “"Sick"”.
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HOME/SICK
… artworks in the accompanying exhibition, HOME/SICK. The work in the exhibition consists of selections from different series of work that are inspired by related subject matter. The content driving the work responds to anecdotal experiences of people living in communities near oil refineries and …
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Sick building syndrome : challenges and opportunities
… to determine whether the phenomenon known as 'sick building syndrome' (SBS) creates a lasting economic stigma after a proven or alleged SBS problem is corrected, and whether undertaking preventive measures against factors known to cause SBS at the development stage is a prudent investment of …
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Return to work following a sick leave
… welcome their employees' returning to work after sick leave. Employee's sick leave is an unavoidable part of organizations, but the scope of how Icelandic organizations welcome their employees back is relatively unknown. The research used a qualitative method to gather data where organizations and …
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Structure Matters: Examining Illness Behavior Using Parsons's Sick Role
<p>Although Talcott Parsons’s sick role theory, as described in 1951 in The Social System, has been severely criticized for its inapplicability to chronic illnesses, a portion of the theory is still a relevant and necessary factor in terms of understanding and treating chronic illness today. Using …
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Examining Relational Communication: Exploring the Minister/Sick Person Relationship
… relationship that exists between ministers and sick laity during a sick visitation, using the relational communication approach. The minister/sick person dyad was chosen for this study as it represents a new context in which to explore the relational dimension of control. Quantitative and …
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Essays on Paid Sick Leave in the United States
… estimates the causal effect of access to paid sick leave on worker mobility, by exploiting variation in the implementation of local paid sick leave mandates over time in the U.S. I use May 2004 - June 2019 Current Population Survey (CPS) basic monthly data, and by taking a …
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Discrimination and health: how being Hispanic can make you sick
The perception of discrimination is a stressor that can lead to a reduction in an individual's reserve capacity and an increase in negative emotions, among other deleterious effects. I tested the Reserve Capacity Model as it relates to measures of physical and mental-health related quality of life. …
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The Role of Child Anxiety in Parent Sick Role Reinforcement
… These learning experiences are referred to as “sick role reinforcement,” and are particularly important during adolescence, given the profound bodily changes (e.g., puberty) that characterize this period. Sick role reinforcement is likely important in the context of panic disorder (PD). Panic …
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Sick ‘scapes : boutique and corporate food geographies and Mexico’s public health crisis
Mexico is sick, and it is getting sicker. Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, Mexico has become one of the most obese and most undernourished and diabetes-ridden countries in the world. Its food landscape has been completely transformed. An examination of …
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'Sick, aged and infirm': adults in the new Birmingham workhouse, 1852-1912
… by continuing to apply the workhouse test to sick patients longer than others. Workhouse medical officers in Birmingham worked long hours, provided care for many more patients than doctors in voluntary hospitals, and stayed in post for an average of four and a half years. Nevertheless, some …
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Salsalate Inhibition of Thyroid Hormone Transport : A Model of the Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
… is collectively termed the “euthyroid sick syndrome”. One putative mechanism is the presence of circulating thyroid hormone binding inhibitors. Salsalate and salicylate are known to be such inhibitors. The objectives of this study are: to investigate the thyroid hormone changes induced …
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When Being Sick Makes Us Sicker: A Black Feminist Approach to Financial Toxicity
… basis of race, gender, and class. Often, being sick makes people sicker, especially those impacted by the aforementioned systems of oppression – racism, sexism, and class. One axis through which being sick makes us sicker is the financial toxicity of sickness. Here, financial toxicity is defined …
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'The sick poor and the quest for medical relief in Oxfordshire ca. 1750-1834'
… have been published, the issue of the plight of sick poor is either relegated to a mere adjunct of wider relief policy, or absent from the secondary literature altogether. Through the employment of a systematic study of the under-researched county of Oxfordshire, this thesis will aim to exploit …
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Sick of deviants: How the behavioral immune system may impact responses to violated norms
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The King’s Sick Body: The Spiritual and Social Implications of Arnau of Vilanova’s Regimen Sanitatis
… Regem Aragonum (“Regimen of health for the sick King of Aragon”) for Jaume II, king of Aragon, who was suffering a bout of discrasia (imbalanced complexion). Arnau’s work would be rapidly translated into Catalan and become an enduring classic of the regimen sanitatis literature. In this …
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The parents' experience of living in the hospital with their sick infant : a phenomenological study
… parent on the ward in a public hospital with a sick infant. Many studies have highlighted both benefits and problems associated with the concept of parental participation in care. The role of the parents in hospital needs to be identified and expressed by both the parents and the nurses, in …
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Utilization of Sick Leave Benefits in Iowa Public Schools in Relation to Accumulation Levels Allowed
… to determine if a relationship existed between sick leave utilization by professionaf staff members in Iowa public school districts and the number of sick leave days allowed to accumulate. Two other factors, size af district and average teacher's salary, were selected as covariates because of …
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