whose Duty it is to attend upon this very thing. And as an Hospital is supplied with Patients from all parts, it must needs be, that a Spirit of Religion and Gratitude will be gradually spread throughout a whole Country. For We can never hope to secure their Affections, soften their Passions, reform their Manners, and possess them with a sense of their Duty to God and Their Superiors so effectu...

In a qualitative study, we investigated the medical motives of 100 Norwegian cannabis users, none of whom had legal access to medical cannabis. Cannabis was used therapeutically for conditions such as multiple sclerosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and rheumatism, as well as for quality of life conditions such as quality of sleep, relaxation and wellbeing. The borders between medic...

The outcome of this paper is a sociological analysis some consequences the neoliberal logics applied to Italian school system during current phase now defined as post-pandemic, with particular regard processes medicalisation minors social and economic distress. In first part essay, more general practices medicalization body their application in management malaise compulsory education Italy are ...

Since spring 2020 at the latest many things are not as they used to be before – literally “de-ranged”. The news mostly dominated by one topic: a virus which is officially called SARS-CoV-2.1 here presented contribution views Corona crisis from an ethical-philosophical perspective. At first, different challenges and dynamics of this will discussed. Insofar political decision-making for coping wi...

Sociological analyses of dementia have long drawn on critiques medicalisation and the medical model. This approach fails to account for late 20th/early 21st century expansion neuropsychiatric biopolitics, wherein a more subtle pervasive (self-)governance health, illness, life itself is at stake. Since 1970s, new imaginings been promoted, as evident in government, third sector research trajector...

As ‘psychosocial interventions’ continue to gain traction in the field of global mental health, a growing critical literature problematises their vague definition and attendant susceptibility appropriation. In this article, I recast ill-defined quality as interpretive flexibility explore its role processes translation occurring at frontlines care rural Nepal. Drawing from 14 months ethnographic...

Although common among community adolescents, self-injuring acts are mainly studied by psychiatrists and psychologists rarely social work researchers. The preponderance of medical research in the field has come to associate with mental issues. This view a large extent been adopted professionals as well laypeople. When examining adolescents’ unsolicited internet published narratives, this medical...

BACKGROUND Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice with severe consequences for the health and well-being of girls and women. Health care professionals (HCPs) are therefore expected to be aware of how to identify and manage these consequences in order to ensure that those affected by the practice receive quality health care. Moreover, their integration and le...