Death and Disability

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-159
Author(s):  
Judkin Browning ◽  
Timothy Silver
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Dead

This chapter discusses the environmental effects of death, and what happens when a corpse becomes part of the natural environment. Bodies decomposed rapidly, producing an unbearable stench. It led both armies to develop techniques for burial, embalming, and transportation of the dead to prevent sickness. The Overland Campaign—especially the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Crater—and its extraordinary number of casualties, is the primary military focus. The chapter also discusses the advancements in medical care to treat wounded soldiers. Large numbers of disabled men had environmental effects as well, such as fewer acres of farmland due to the loss of labor, and expensive government policies to provide pensions for the disabled after the war.

scholarly journals SHOULDER INJURIES IN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL PLAYERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Jekiełek ◽  
Angelika Sosulska ◽  
Grzegorz Mańko ◽  
Jarosław Jaszczur-Nowick
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Basketball Player ◽  
Shoulder Injuries ◽  
Shoulder Injury ◽  
Wheelchair Basketball ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Upper Limb Pain

Sport of the disabled has been becoming more and more popular for several years, and wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular disciplines among the disabled. However, playing sports is connected with the possibility of injuries and pain in people training a given discipline. The aim of this study is to determine the occurrence of injuries and to identify most commonly injuries in athletes practicing basketball in wheelchairs. A literature review was conducted in Embase and Medline PubMed databases. Basic search terms are: shoulder injury OR shoulder pain OR upper limb disease OR upper limb disorders OR upper limb pain AND basketball OR basketball player OR wheelchair sport OR wheelchair user OR wheelchair athlete OR wheelchair basketball OR disabled sport OR disabled persons.Results: 511 non-duplicate results were found. At the stage of the analysis of titles and abstracts, 483 were rejected and 28 were qualified for the analysis of full texts. The review included 2 that met all the criteria. The topic is not discussed in large numbers in the literature and requires further research specifically focused on the prevention of shoulder injury as well as assessment of the risk of damage to individual elements that make up the shoulder joint and surrounding structures.

Working for the Living and the Dead

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soren Blau
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Science ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Human Identification ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
The Political ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
The Dead

Forensic science and medicine play a critical role in human identification, with the underlying premise being that ‘the truth’ can be empirically and objectively obtained. This chapter explores some of the approaches to exhumation and identification undertaken in Timor-Leste and discusses some of the complexities associated with scientific reason and the notion of the construction of ‘forensic truth’. The difficulty of establishing personal identification from skeletal remains in Timor-Leste is discussed in the context of large numbers of missing persons, the fact that atrocities took place in multiple locations over a 24-year period, and the fact that there is limited local forensic capacity. In addition, the ways in which the process of identification is understood is discussed in light of different notions of ‘truth’, highlighting the political, social, and ethical complexities at play.

Paying for Medical Care: The Burden on the Disabled

Medical Care ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 705-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Floersheim Boaz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
The Disabled

Thoughts on the Law and the Public's Health

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Burris
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Payment Reform ◽  
Mortality Statistics ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Access To Medical Care ◽  
High Level

One understanding of health conceives of it as a state of freedom from pathology, achieved by an individual, through the mediation of a doctor. On this view, improvements in health flow from the application of science to specific ills of the body, and access to medical care is the chief determinant of health. This “medicalized” view of health underlies the current debate over medical care payment reform. This is the dominant way of talking about health.An alternative is the view of health commonly associated with the practice of public health. On this view, health is an attribute of communities in social and physical environments. Health takes its shape in large numbers—in morbidity and mortality statistics—and, ideally, includes not just a high level of well-being for some, but also its even distribution throughout a society. Improvements in health are seen to arise from healthful changes in the environment.

Environmental Effects Of The Dead Sea-Red Sea Canal

2002 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. N. Asmar ◽  
P. Ergenzinger
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
The Dead

Manure management and environmental effects

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
V. C. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Manure Management ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Pig Farms ◽  
Odour Dispersion

AbstractThe management of pig manures and slurries has not responded to the changes that have occurred in the development of pig farms. Management systems have remained unchanged despite the fact that the majority of pigs (64%) are kept on 10–3% of all pig units. The pressures of heavy applications of manures on restricted areas of land and the large numbers of animals kept in buildings has given rise to environmental pollution by odours and by contamination of water and of the soil.The cause of odour formation in buildings is discussed, together with the effects of dust on odour dispersion. Methods of reducing odours and the effect of straw on odour formation and slurry handling are discussed.Methods of controlling odours from buildings, stores and from manure applied to the land are reviewed and areas which need further research and development are proposed.Environmental pollution by manures and slurries of water and soils and measures to control pollution are reviewed.

scholarly journals Organization of Medical Care at the Vascular Surgery of Pre-Stroke Disorders and Emergency Neurosurgical Care Ward

2019 ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
O. A. Ivantsov
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Vascular Pathology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Care Ward

The article analyses the organization and results of the activities of the Vascular Surgery of Pre-Stroke Disorders and Emergency Neurosurgical Care Ward, founded at Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital of the Disabled of World War II in 2015, to provide medical care to patients with vascular pathology. It gives the data on the bed fund, staffing and personnel potential of the ward, facilities for complex and high tech surgery, lists modern methods applied in the treatment of patients with vascular disorders. The article summarizes the prospects of the treatment and rehabilitation of this category of patients at the new ward taking into account the experience which has been accumulated for the past three years of its existence.

The intersection of disability and in-work poverty in an advanced industrial nation: The lived experience of multiple disadvantage in a post-financial crisis UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Richards ◽  
Kate Sang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Household Finances ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disabled Workers

The 2007–2008 financial crisis has affected the prospects for workers in a range of ways. In-work poverty represents just one, yet key feature of how prospects for workers have changed in recent times. In-work poverty disproportionately impacts on marginalised groups, such as the disabled. Current research reveals little about how disability and poverty intersect in the context of employment. To address this oversight, life history interviews were conducted with disabled people in in-work poverty. The findings were analysed using the social model of disability and the lens of intersectionality. The results highlight how government policies, employer practices and household finances impact on disabled workers’ lived experience of in-work poverty. The findings suggest that governments and employers can do more to reduce barriers to escaping in-work poverty for disabled workers.

From Night to Survival: Nihilism and the Living Dead

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Marmysz
Keyword(s):  
Human Power ◽  
Day Of The Dead ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Living Dead ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Moral Constraint

This chapter scrutinizes the structure of George Romero’s Living Dead films in light of Friedrich Nietzsche’s distinction between passive and active nihilism. The films analysed include Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. It is argued that in this series there is a progressively building ambiguity in Romero’s attitude toward the passive forces of the zombie invasion and the active efforts of the human survivors. Initially, Romero’s sympathy seems to be with the humans; especially with minorities, women and the disabled. Yet as the films progress, sympathy shifts toward the undead, who are increasingly depicted as targets of human cruelty and abuse. What begins as a nightmare of nihilistic passivity eventually ends with a nightmarish scenario of nihilistic activity, exposing the awful potential of human power unleashed from moral constraint.

scholarly journals What are the financial barriers to medical care among the poor, the sick and the disabled in the Special Administrative Region of China?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. e0205794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Yeung-shan Wong ◽  
Roger Yat-nork Chung ◽  
Dicken Chan ◽  
Gary Ka-ki Chung ◽  
Jerry Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Administrative Region ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Disabled
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