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Author: Susan Reynolds Whyte Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521804691 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 212
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Medicines are the core of treatment in biomedicine, as in many other medical traditions. As material things, they have social as well as pharmacological lives, with people and between people. They are tokens of healing and hope, as well as valuable commodities. Each chapter of this book shows drugs in the hands of particular actors: mothers in Manila, villagers in Burkina Faso, women in the Netherlands, consumers in London, market traders in Cameroon, pharmacists in Mexico, injectionists in Uganda, doctors in Sri Lanka, industrialists in India, and policymakers in Geneva. Each example is used to explore a different problem in the study of medicines, such as social efficacy, experiences of control, skepticism and cultural politics, commodification of health, the attraction of technology and the marketing of images and values. The book shows how anthropologists deal with the sociality of medicines, through their ethnography, their theorizing, and their uses of knowledge.
Author: Susan Reynolds Whyte Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521804691 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
Medicines are the core of treatment in biomedicine, as in many other medical traditions. As material things, they have social as well as pharmacological lives, with people and between people. They are tokens of healing and hope, as well as valuable commodities. Each chapter of this book shows drugs in the hands of particular actors: mothers in Manila, villagers in Burkina Faso, women in the Netherlands, consumers in London, market traders in Cameroon, pharmacists in Mexico, injectionists in Uganda, doctors in Sri Lanka, industrialists in India, and policymakers in Geneva. Each example is used to explore a different problem in the study of medicines, such as social efficacy, experiences of control, skepticism and cultural politics, commodification of health, the attraction of technology and the marketing of images and values. The book shows how anthropologists deal with the sociality of medicines, through their ethnography, their theorizing, and their uses of knowledge.
Author: Robin Jacoby Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 9780199298105 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 826
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The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry is the new edition of the much loved and highly popular multi-author textbook previously published as Psychiatry in the Elderly. It has established itself as the standard textbook in its field due to its unique combination of comprehensive coverage, clear writing and up-to-date information.
Author: Roselyne Rey Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674399686 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 408
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This text draws on multidisciplinary sources to explore the concept of pain as it has been seen by different cultures over the course of history. It highlights the transformation in humanity's relationship to pain and chronicles the progress made in its understanding and treatment.
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La prescription médicamenteuse chez la personne âgée est un enjeu de santé publique. La polymédication liée à la polypathologie est le premier facteur de risque de la iatrogénie médicamenteuse, qui est responsable de plus de 10% des hospitalisations du sujet âgé. Le mésusage des médicaments et le manque d'adhésion au traitement peuvent favoriser la survenue d'effets indésirables. Ils sont fréquents et graves chez la personne âgée mais sont en grande partie évitables. Afin d'améliorer l'observance des personnes âgées fragiles prises en charge par le RSG de Lille Hellemmes Lomme, un outil de présentation du traitement médicamenteux a été mis au point en partenariat avec un groupe de médecins généralistes du Nord Pas de Calais. Cet outil « Mon Traitement » récapitule la liste des médicaments ainsi que les données utiles à une prescription optimisée. Il est envoyé avec le courrier du RSG au médecin traitant qui, après validation, le remet au patient ou à son aidant au domicile pour la préparation et l'administration des médicaments. L'étude a pour objectif principal d'analyser la revue d'ordonnance faite par le RSG et secondairement d'évaluer la qualité de remplissage et d'établir un profil sociodémographique des patients pris en charge par le RSG. En deux ans, 244 outils « Mon Traitement » ont été complétés par les gériatres du RSG et adressés aux médecins traitants. Il apparaît que 72% des patients sont polymédiqués, dont 37% de médicaments prescrits inadaptés ; 98% présentent des facteurs de mauvaise observance. La population prise en charge par le RSG est représentative des patients fragiles, à risque d'effets iatrogènes médicamenteux. 57,8% des ordonnances contiennent une prescription de psychotropes (de 10,6% avec plus de 2 psychotropes). Après la revue d'ordonnance, on observe une baisse de prescription de 12% de médicaments inappropriés et de 2% de psychotropes. 63,5% des fiches sont considérées suffisamment remplies avec l'ensemble des données utiles. Cette étude révèle aussi que la démarche est difficile à poursuivre au long cours : le temps de remplissage est important, l'outil sous forme papier ne permet pas de mises à jour régulières et les fiches sont rarement retrouvées au domicile. Un logiciel informatisé intégrant l'outil est en cours de développement pour optimiser le partage d'informations entre les intervenants.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9789241564106 Category : Antimalarials Languages : en Pages : 0
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This report summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and from malaria control partners. It highlights continued progress made towards meeting international targets for malaria control to be achieved by 2010 and by 2015. International funds disbursed for malaria control increased from $200 million in 2004 to $1.5 billion in 2009. Since 2008, more than 289 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets have been delivered to sub-Saharan Africa, enough to protect three quarters of the 765 million persons at risk of the disease. Over the last decade, 11 countries in the Africa Region and 32 countries in other regions showed reductions of 50% or greater in either confirmed malaria cases or malaria admissions and deaths. Malaria control is making a major contribution to reducing mortality in children less than 5 years old and to attaining the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
Author: Jean Baudrillard Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 9780472065219 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 174
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Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.
Author: Harry Guess Publisher: BMJ Books ISBN: 9780727915948 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 346
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Based on a meeting in November 2000, this book brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to examine the biological, behavioral, social, cultural and ethical aspects related to the placebo effect. Perspectives on the necessity for including a placebo in randomized clinical trials will also be examined. This is the first attempt to examine the evidence-base of the placebo effect and will provide important information for clinicans.
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