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Caring about symptoms in person-centred care

In the present article, we emphasize the symptom experience perspective in person-centred care and discuss barriers to implementation of this approach. There are obstacles to overcome: the diversity of understandings of symptoms in clinical settings, the current biomedical discourse and the incompleteness of symptom research. Since the 19th century, the biomedical perspective has been powerful ...

Attitude of schizophrenic patients' care givers about their method of patient caring ‎at home

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis which disturbs one's function through its ‎destructive effects on mind, behavior and personal interaction. More than ‎‏70%‏‎ of schizophrenic ‎patients are living with their families. Lack of correct cares of caregivers causes repeated and ‎decreases patient’s physical and mental abilities. Studying the weal po...

Caring about carepaths.

This short paper describes an experiment in the use of clinical pathways for orthopaedic patients at Cairns Base Hospital. We rapidly found they improved the management of cost and quality, and that there were many beneficial side-effects. Our approach was subsequently adopted in other departments. Unfortunately, external support for further developments has not been forthcoming and we argue th...

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Caring about humanitarian crises

Wars and natural disasters causing thousands of deaths and forcing millions to fl ee occur frequently and are widely reported to a global audience. However, responses in terms of charity donations, demonstrations, political response and military intervention are dramatically different between one case and the next. When and why do we care about victims of humanitarian crises? Michael Gross inve...