scholarly journals MOMO

Author(s):  
Michael Ende

Momo’s story is that of a small girl who confronts the time-thieves; grey gentlemen who rob humankind of their time and therefore of their quality of life. The fact that the human beings are unconsciously making their loss of time possible should serve as a lesson to us all. – Momo is singularly equipped for the battle: she possesses incredible listening skills, so that “suddenly clever things occurred even to stupid people. […] She could listen so that people at a loss all of a sudden knew exactly what they wanted. Or that shy people suddenly felt free and courageous…” (translation Susanne Even). And other childrens’ games take off in unforeseen directions when she is around; they become happenings, dramatic experiences. The little stray Momo lives in an old, derelict amphitheatre, and this is where this story begins…

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumiko Aruga ◽  
Ayako Saito ◽  
Yuji Aoki

Some patients with severe dysphagia need to undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (gastrostomy feeding), which improves nutrition but leads them to feel they are not living like human beings. The KT (Kuchi-kara Taberu, or ingesting orally in Japanese) index was developed in order to comprehensively assess and intervene in problems with eating and swallowing. We present three cases where the KT index improved quality of life after gastrostomy feeding. Through continued nursing care using the KT index, the patient in Case 1 was able to eat orally again; the patient in Case 2 could eat a piece of jelly and communicate a little; and the patient in Case 3 was able to ingest a small amount of food orally, with support from her husband. Thus, the feeding support provided by the KT index radar chart improves quality of life, even after the implementation of gastrostomy feeding. Further studies are needed to investigate how the KT index best helps elderly patients with severe dysphagia live like human beings while taking into account the perspectives of patients and their family members.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Jaramillo Estrada

Born in the late nineteenth century, within the positivist paradigm, psychology has made important developments that have allowed its recognition in academia and labor. However, contextual issues have transformed the way we conceptualize reality, the world and man, perhaps in response to the poor capacity of the inherited paradigm to ensure quality of life and welfare of human beings. This has led to the birth and recognition of new paradigms, including complex epistemology, in various fields of the sphere of knowledge, which include the subjectivity, uncertainty, relativity of knowledge, conflict, the inclusion of "the observed" as an active part of the interventions and the relativity of a single knowable reality to move to co-constructed realities. It is proposed an approach to the identity consequences for a psychology based on complex epistemology, and the possible differences and relations with psychology, traditionally considered.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Kari Kristinsson ◽  
Inga Jona Jonsdottir ◽  
Stefan Karl Snorrason

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-217
Author(s):  
Terence J. Martin

This essay offers a reading of “A Most Useful Discussion Concerning Proposals for War against the Turks.” What we have in the “Useful Discussion” is a mock consultation, a literary creation in which Erasmus appears to offer judicious advice on how Christendom might wage a successful war against the Turks, only to undercut the very prospects for such a war by means of various strategies of indirection, hesitation, and ironic reversal. Erasmus works critically and ironically on several levels at once—unsettling the dogmatism of war-mongers, surprising Luther and his critics, frustrating the interests of the powerful, and nudging everyone to think seriously about fundamental questions of human life. Though the “Useful Discussion” may appear to address a specific question about a specific war, it in fact speaks—in its pendular and ironic manner—to more basic questions, inviting readers to reflect with amazement and remorse upon the numbness and deafness of human beings before God; and, on that basis, to work to enhance the moral quality of life.


2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Sarina K. Mueller ◽  
Maximilian Traxdorf ◽  
Konstantinos Mantsopoulos ◽  
Antoniu-Oreste Gostian ◽  
Matti Sievert ◽  
...  

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide over 600,000 human beings died due to the cause of the disease. In order to deescalate the transmission rate and to avoid crush loading the countries medical health systems social distancing, face masks, and lockdowns have been considered essential by the majority of governments. Whereas some countries have highly reduced or completely stopped otorhinolaryngological procedures, other countries have continued selected surgeries. The objective of this study was to analyze procedures and outcomes of continuing semielective and emergency surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Retrospective analysis of n = 750 patients who received semi-elective or emergency surgery between March 26 and June 16, 2020, in the Otolaryngology Department of the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. All patients were screened for COVID symptoms and swabbed for SARS-CoV-2 prior to surgery. Results: Of the n = 750 patients, n = 699 patients received semielective surgery and n = 51 emergency surgery. For 27 patients, the swab result could not be awaited due to a life-threatening condition. In these cases, surgery was performed in full protective equipment. No patient was tested positive during or after the surgery (follow-up 45 to 127 days). No member of the medical personnel showed symptoms or was tested positive after contact with patients. Due to the continuation of surgeries, patients’ lives were saved and improvement of long-term quality-of-life and outcomes is anticipated. Conclusions: Continuing selected otorhinolaryngological surgeries is crucial for patients’ health, survival, and long-time quality of life, yet, the protection of the medical personnel has to be granted.


2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1353-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehud Bodner ◽  
Sara Cohen-Fridel

ABSTRACTBackground: This study is the first to explore the relations between attachment styles, ageism, and quality of life (QoL) among elderly people. The attachment theory describes how human beings relate to each other, according to their attachment style. Previous studies have examined the connection between attachment styles and prejudice toward distinctive social groups and minorities. Ageism as a form of prejudice is a way of relating negatively to people because they are old. QoL among the elderly was found to be associated with negative age-perceptions. It was therefore hypothesized that QoL, attachments styles, and demographic characteristics can explain ageism among the elderly.Methods: Four questionnaires were administered: Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA), which comprises four scales (separation, affective, stereotype, and intergeneration); Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, which measures four attachment styles (secure, dismissive, fearful, and preoccupied); SF-36 health status inventory (eight scales); and sociodemographic questions. Ninety-four elderly men and women aged 64–85 years living in the community completed the questionnaires.Results: MANCOVAS indicated that securely attached individuals score higher on separation than fearfully attached individuals, and that securely and dismissively attached individuals score higher than fearful and preoccupied individuals on seven QoL scales. Multiple regression analyses showed that attachment styles, age, gender, and some QoL scales contribute to the explained variance of ageism.Conclusions: Secure attachment in late life seems to be related to less ageism and a better QoL. The enhancement of a secure attachment base in elderly people may assist in moderating ageism and improving older people's QoL.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Alhadi M. Jahan

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most important chronic rheumatic disease affecting human beings. It is more common among the older population. The objective of OA treatment is to control the symptoms, such as pain, mobility problems and consequently, to improve overall quality of life. Although, self-management patient education programs, such as educational workshops and other learning activities are effective approaches in some chronic diseases, the evidence for arthritis is still inconclusive. The aim of this trial is to compare the effectiveness of an OA of the knee self-management education program with a control group, as determined by improvements in pain and quality of life<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> In this study, we will perform a two-group, randomized (1:1 ratio), controlled study with repeated-measures to examine the differences between the two groups over time. The research sample will be selected from the patients who are referred to a physiotherapy department with a diagnosed mild to moderate knee(s) OA, aging from 45 to 65 years<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Positive findings of this trial will pave the road for new methods of cooperation between patients and healthcare providers. Also, patient education ensures that patients are well-informed about their own health and they could avoid any deterioration and disability due to bad practices. Finally, an increased understanding helps patients to make informed decisions about their healthcare avenues.</p>


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4

Dentistry has been demonstrating concern with the quality of life of human beings, understanding that oral health is part of the whole in which one seeks to know specific needs and prevention. Ankyloglossia is a congenital oral anomaly which can cause difficulties in performing orofacial functions in which the mouth opening is affected and the tongue’s tip has a rectangular or heart shape. Speech therapy and paediatric dentistry are essential as they can avoid surgical procedure in the child. The objective of this literature review was to study the importance and interaction of paediatric dentistry with speech therapy in the treatment of patients with ankyloglossia. Therefore, it is believed that the current model of healthcare should be more integralised in order to provide a less interventive and more preventive treatment.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1313
Author(s):  
Cristian Felipe Roa Pilar

‘Grabbing Dignity’ explores how marginalised women perceive their dignity during a relocation process from an illegal settlement to subsidised housing in Santiago, Chile, in 2016.Through an ethnographic-based approach, the film experiments with different audiovisual language techniques, where observational cinema, semi-structured interviews and voice over are combined to build a reflective storytelling about a year-long fight for housing rights.This film points out that the fight for dignity is not driven by seeking material goods for improving their quality of life, but rather as finding a legitimate and embodied sense of place where the locals are accepted by the wider Chilean society, and by that acceptance also recognised as human beings. I portray that this fight is contrasted by how the relocation is carry out by the Chilean government where house and home are inaccurately taken as equals. With this in mind, the film enlarges the discussion about human dignity as not only an individual perception, but also as a community-based phenomenon. From this perspective, I suggest that a collective sense of place is paramount in achieving a better understanding of what human dignity might encompass.


2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Arsenio Hidalgo Troya ◽  
Amanda Pantoja Córdoba ◽  
Pamela Sañudo Vélez ◽  
Anderson Rocha-Buelvas

<p>Introduction. Coping, regarded as the set of responses to stressful situations, executed to handle and neutralize them, is part of the psychological resources of human beings and it is a personal trait evidenced as intervening in terms of perceived quality of life. Objective. To determine the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life in cancer patients at different stages of their cancer condition at an oncology unit in the province of Nariño, Colombia. Materials and Methods. Cross-sectional study in a sample of 120 cancer patients attending in COEMSSANAR IPS, located in Pasto, Nariño. Results. It was observed that the most adopted type of coping was “positive attitude”, followed by “positive guidance”, while the least adopted ones were “anxious care” and “hopeless”. As for quality of life, it is evidenced that is favorable for this population. The relationship between coping and quality of life is different for each stage of cancer. Patients with better coping are those with higher quality of life. Conclusion. A greater effort of the State and the institutions providing health services for the adoption of coping strategies in patients affected by cancer at all stages would significantly improve the quality of life of these people.</p>


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