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The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...article, I’ll discuss two different ways in which language is used in end-of-life care which may lead to confusion about dying: the use of euphemisms to address dying, and the negative language used around decisions to reduce medical intervention. Transcript Firstly, there’s the use of ‘code’ language to say someone is dying, without specifically using words...
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...Articles and activities Read more about the collection The collection hears from those in higher education institutions (HEIs), public bodies and organisations, who share their journeys towards new ways of working, as well as featuring experts in sustainability and futures planning, and individuals who share their experiences of adapting to hybrid working, and the impact...
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Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...article contains frank discussion about suicide, and some readers may wish to avoid it. If you need assistance, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. In the USA, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK. [The Golden Gate bridge in fog] Steve Mallen thinks the signs first started to show when his son stopped...
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Selective laser melting (SLM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Selective laser melting (SLM)

...article ] Manufacture: The main heat sources are as follows: Lasers are the most common, providing a focused heat source down to fractions of a millimetre. They require shielding from oxidation but do not require a vacuum. Electron beam systems are less common, providing the smallest spot size and best beam definition. However, the high attenuation of electrons by gases...
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Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: making sense of a national framework for local action
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: making sense of a national framework for local action

...article about end of life care). In order to examine how people have been using the Ambitions framework, we undertook a multi-modal approach to explore how people understand, interpret, and implement the Ambitions. This approach acknowledges that implementation requires multiple steps that involve making sense of the guidance and accepts that people and organisations may...
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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...articles, Dr Jitka Vseteckova and Sonal Mehta look at strategies to support pharmacotherapy while ageing. Here Sonal explores ways in which we can achieve person-centred care, available to all...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses We know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which...
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
Languages

Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...this emotion. After years of teaching Spanish in Queen’s University, Belfast, a language I value the more I teach it, last year I offered a course in Catalan for the first time. Standing in front of my students on that first day, I had to try hard to avoid tears.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...et al. 2010; Tang, Yin, and Nelson 2010; Lee, Gettman, and Swanson 2013). Due to their multilingual skills and language-learning experiences, polyglots are thus more likely to be in control and at ease when faced with the wide range of issues that life will throw at them. They are also likely to perform well in cross-cultural settings as they value diversity and are able...
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