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The Perils of Patient Government

By J. McKay, J.R. Bayne, J.Z. Csank, and Joseph W. Lella
Subjects: Social Science, Sociology, Medical

In 1964 the Senate Committee on Aging reported that “once admitted to an institution ... the veteran begins ... to show signs of social and physical degeneration,” a phenomenon that has not escapted ...

A Fragile Revolution

By Barbara Everett
Subjects: Psychology, Political Science, Medical

Despite two centuries and three major reform movements, mental patients have remained on the outside of the mainstream of society, often living in poverty and violence. Today we are undergoing yet another ...

Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War

Edited by Lynn McDonald
Subjects: History, Military History, Social Science, Women’s Studies, Medical, History Of Medicine
Series: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale is famous as the “lady with the lamp” in the Crimean War, 1854—56. There is a massive amount of literature on this work, but, as editor Lynn McDonald shows, it is often erroneous, ...

Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow

By Brendan Leier, Denise Larsen, Ph.D., R. Psych, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, MD, FRCP(C), Linda Kreitzer, and Wendy Austin
Subjects: Psychology, Medical

Compassion fatigue from the perspective of insiders in caregiving roles
First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has ...

Spirituality and Health

Edited by Augustine Meier, Peter L. VanKatwyk, and Thomas St. James O’Connor
Subjects: Medical, Religion, Spirituality

Spirituality and Health: Multidisciplinary Explorations examines the relationship between health/well-being and spirituality. Chap-lains and pastoral counsellors offer evidence-based research on the importance ...