Manual of Primary Health Care

Manual of Primary Health Care
Author: Peter M. M. Pritchard
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1981
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780192613554
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Food and Revolution

Food and Revolution
Author: Christiane Berth
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822987406
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Food policy and practices varied widely in Nicaragua during the last decades of the twentieth century. In the 1970s and ‘80s, food scarcity contributed to the demise of the Somoza dictatorship and the Sandinista revolution. Although faced with widespread scarcity and political restrictions, Nicaraguan consumers still carved out spaces for defining their food choices. Despite economic crises, rationing, and war limiting peoples’ food selection, consumers responded with improvisation in daily cooking practices and organizing food exchanges through three distinct periods. First, the Somoza dictatorship (1936–1979) promoted culture and food practices from the United States, which was an option only for a minority of citizens. Second, the 1979 Sandinista revolution tried to steer Nicaraguans away from mass consumption by introducing an austere, frugal consumption that favored local products. Third, the transition to democracy between 1988 and 1993, marked by extreme scarcity and economic crisis, witnessed the re-introduction of market mechanisms, mass advertising, and imported goods. Despite the erosion of food policy during transition, the Nicaraguan revolution contributed to recognizing food security as a basic right and the rise of peasant movements for food sovereignty.

Chronic Disorders and the Family

Chronic Disorders and the Family
Author: Froma Walsh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1317773810
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Here are the most recent developments in clinical research and theory on the role of the family in understanding and treating chronic mental and physical illnesses. Internationally respected scholars and psychotherapists present comprehensive and authoritative information vital to professionals who work with families coping with severe disorders. Chronic Disorders and the Family explores how clinicians can become more aware of the common experiences of patients and their families struggling with chronic psychiatric and medical disorders, thus promoting a better understanding of the contribution of family dynamics. With its focus on the interactional nature of psychopathology, this important book encourages psychotherapists to compare and contrast the various treatment perspectives and approaches available. Specific disorders discussed include schizophrenia, clinical depression, borderline disorders, anxiety disorders (particularly agoraphobia), eating disorders, substance abuse, and chronic medical illnesses.

Palliative Care

Palliative Care
Author: Pereira, Isabel
Publisher: Djusticia
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2018-04-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9585441373
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This report compiles the results of a research project aimed at describing the current palliative care situation in eight Latin American countries. The project’s general objective—to raise awareness and influence public policy around the need to approach palliative care from a human rights perspective—was achieved through rapprochement among professionals from various fields in the region, which in and of itself is a key step forward in terms of bringing together communities that defend patients’ rights with communities that advocate a drug policy embracing a public health focus. We hope that this diagnostic report is useful for professional associations, health professionals, patients’ rights advocates, drug policy reform activists, and decision makers, who can rely on its findings to better integrate palliative care into general health services and to use human rights language to promote public policy reform and guarantee the human rights of those in the Americas who suffer from severe and chronic pain.

SALUS

SALUS
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 594
Release: 1983
Genre: Health occupations schools
ISBN:
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"An annotated bibliography with special emphasis on developing countries".

Fisioterapias y kinesiologías del sur. Volumen 1

Fisioterapias y kinesiologías del sur. Volumen 1
Author: Andrea Carolina Amaya Córdoba
Publisher: Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9585056771
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El libro Fisioterapias y Kinesiologías del Sur es una obra pionera en su área y se destaca por su rigor teórico y práctico sobre las experiencias y conocimientos de profesionales en Centro y Sur América. Este libro se distingue al integrar las epistemologías del sur, que ofrecen una perspectiva única y enriquecedora, que contrasta con las visiones hegemónicas tradicionales. Los autores, polifónicos, diversos e incluyentes, plasman la esencia de las prácticas locales y regionales al resaltar cómo las comunidades de Centro y Sur América han adaptado las metodologías de fisioterapia y kinesiología a sus realidades específicas. Este enfoque les proporciona una voz a los profesionales que han sido históricamente subrepresentados en la literatura académica. La obra Fisioterapias y Kinesiologías del Sur es esencial para cualquier profesional de la fisioterapia y kinesiología que desee ampliar su perspectiva y comprender la importancia de las epistemologías del sur. Su combinación de rigor científico y valoración de las experiencias locales lo convierte en un recurso imprescindible para la práctica profesional y la formación académica. Este libro está dirigido a fisioterapeutas, kinesiólogos, estudiantes y académicos que buscan una obra completa y actualizada con herramientas prácticas y teóricas y que valora y destaca la riqueza del conocimiento desarrollado en Centro y Sur América.