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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...community or doctor’s clinic or in some other kind of health service provision. The personal relationships we formed with the nurses responsible for our care will have been important to us. For all patients, and their families, the relationships forged with nurses and other carers are central to the quality of their healthcare experience. The quality of these...
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Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...communities to adapt. There is now evidence that ecosystems are starting to migrate altitudinally (uphill) and latitudinally (towards the poles) in search of cooler climes. And there is a growing recognition, including from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), that millions of people are now moving home as environmental refugees in response to environmental...
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Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...Communication and uncertainty: welcome an honest conversation about the uncertainty of prognosis and timelines. The person may not know what their prognosis is, and even if they do, terminal illness can be unpredictable. It is likely that they will have periods of wellness and periods of sickness, there may not be a straight-line decline. Borrowing techniques from...
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Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...communication: writing a SWOT analysis, they’re written really clearly. I don't think you need any kind of academic background or university level background to be able to access those.’ ‘Intermediate and advanced courses, such as Business models in strategic management, are slightly harder and I've worked with students to support them sometimes with those, but I...
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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...including its active physical dimensions, can be a way of working through grief, venting the pain, even if it involves spectating rather than direct participation. Grief physically hurts, and although that awful pain may not always be visible to others, in some settings and cultures the human body becomes a vital tool for communicating, representing and sharing grief....
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...community. Read more: Schools are using research to try to improve children’s learning – but it’s not working A yardstick that establishes the minimum quality requirements for an EdTech product to be used in schools is crucial to ensure technology does more good and no harm. The creation of a yardstick needs to take into account both the product quality and the...
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Fake news in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Fake news in Wales

...communications media. It’s the combination of this new technology – and the influence it has on society – along with the perennial tendency for those in power to twist the truth to their own ends, which has created today’s particular crisis. The many forms of fake news Defining exactly what ‘fake news’ is can be a tricky business. This is partly to do with the...
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Inside the mind of Trump's true believers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Inside the mind of Trump's true believers

...communism. Against all odds, the book became a best-seller. Hoffer shrewdly analyzed the forces that spark nationalist and totalitarian movements. The irony of Trump’s “true believers” remark probably escaped both the president and his audience. As a psychiatrist, I’m interested in how vulnerable groups can be manipulated by misleading rhetoric. I believe there...
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