This dissertation explores women’s decisions to transform the placenta from body organ into consumable good, seeking to understand how the act of ingesting the placenta allows participants to challenge societally projected binaries of edible/inedible, individual/shared, clean/di…
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This thesis spans the first half of the 20th Century, charting the progress and challenges of the voluntary hospital system in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The voluntary hospitals were the key sites of acute medical care for the working-classes from their foundations in the l…
Background: Hurungwe district, one of Zimbabwe’s largest districts is not immune to the numerous typhoid fever outbreaks that have been occurring in Zimbabwe over the past twelve to fifteen years. The main aim of this study was to examine risk factors associated with acquiring t…
Background: Caregiver perceived stress is considered a predictive factor of poor outcome or associated poor quality of life for caregivers and care recipients, such as unplanned care recipients’ rehospitalizations. Such readmissions are significantly related to greater caregiver…
Criminal lunacy has received significant attention in literature on punishment, law, psychiatry and public health, yet limited research has examined institutions for this group since the nineteenth century. Scholarship has noted the troubling representation of 'criminal lunatics…
Although criminality among mentally ill individuals is a well-documented phenomenon, limited research has focused on specific factors that need to be addressed to combat this issue. Utilizing the theoretical framework of Shaw and McKay’s (1942) Social Disorganization Theory, in …
Blood is a critically important human tissue, and for over a century, blood transfusions have saved the lives of countless patients. However, blood is often in short supply, and the cost of screening donated blood for immune compatibility and an ever-increasing number of blood-b…
Background: Medical pluralism, has long been prevalent in Latin America and the world; as biomedical care is increasingly available in areas where it was previously unfound, its interaction with traditional systems of medicine interact is largely understudied. Paraguay has a lon…
Introduction: Understanding what a ‘good death’ in children might look like is important, as it impacts all stakeholders and promotes tailored support. Existing research indicates that opportunities for play, peer support and assent may be crucial. Our integrative review found m…
This thesis provides a social history of Liverpool’s medical community between 1930 and 1998. The development of medical societies, local professional organisations, hospitals and general practice is used as a lens to explore how professional networks mediated the reception of n…
The healthcare system of Guinea has reported low scores on service availability and readiness assessment (SARA); the scores indicated the low availability of quality drugs, vaccines, medical equipment, and other technologies and involves a continuous history of poor quality-perf…
This is the thesis component of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Published Works at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (UK). The overall submission is a portfolio of seven published works supported by five associated publications and a critical appraisal focusing on the co…
Aim: This thesis aims to explore and investigate the level and process of adoption of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes (ASPs) and factors influencing their implementation in Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals. The findings of this study will provide hospitals and polic…
Few studies have been undertaken which examine the correlation between design of the receptionl/waiting areas of the outpatients' departments and the implications for Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and non-PFI hospitals, in particular the interior environment with reference to…
O hipertiroidismo felino é uma endocrinopatia que ocorre maioritariamente em gatos idosos. Esta doença afeta diversos aparelhos e sistemas orgânicos, originando assim, sinais clínicos variáveis, apesar de nenhum ser considerado patognomónico. Com este estudo pretendeu-se rever 5…
A parvovirose canina é uma doença infecciosa que afeta os canídeos domésticos. Está associada a um quadro de doença gastrointestinal com vómitos e diarreia sanguinolenta. Em neonatos pode provocar doença cardíaca com morte aparentemente súbita. Nos casos mais graves, a quebra da…
A presente pesquisa parte de um estudo das representações de patologias fisiológicas e psicológicas em duas obras do cinema contemporâneo: Cemitério do Esplendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2014) e Hiroshima (Pablo Stoll, 2009). O objetivo principal é explorar como o elemento na…
This dissertation consists of three essays: “The Effect of Women's Access to Free Health Care on Breastfeeding Practices: Evidence from Armenia” examines how women's decisions regarding breastfeeding respond to increased maternal access to medical care. Specifically, I examine t…
A conte ulceroso e uma doença innamatona crónica ao intestino, que se caractenza por uma inflamação contínua da mucosa ("revestimento interno") do intestino grosso ou cólon. Esta doença é também caracterizada por períodos de remissão e exacerbações agudas, com um curso imprevisí…