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Mikoski, Gordon S. – Religious Education, 2009
The ongoing crisis concerning torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of prisoners by U.S. personnel or under U.S. auspices in the "War on Terror" raises issues central to the identity of both church and society. The practice of torture cries out for practical theological reflection inasmuch as it threatens to eviscerate the moral…
Descriptors: Sensory Experience, Pain, Mental Disorders, Systems Approach
Pellegrinelli, Lara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Even with President Barack Obama's promises to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and withdraw troops from Iraq, the subject of torture keeps making the news. With all that detainees have had to endure during their incarcerations--the recent memos detail stress positions, cramped confinement, and waterboarding, among other tactics--perhaps…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Violence, Music
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Sanzo, Maria – Journal of School Nursing, 2008
Arthritis is a condition often associated with the elderly. However, arthritis affects approximately 275,000 children nationwide. Symptoms may vary from one swollen joint to multiply affected joints coupled with fatigue, fever, and rash. Its effect on the school-age child can range from missing a few days of school per year to hospitalizations…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Child Health, Special Health Problems, Special Needs Students
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Schulz, Richard; Hebert, Randy S.; Dew, Mary Amanda; Brown, Stephanie L.; Scheier, Michael F.; Beach, Scott R.; Czaja, Sara J.; Martire, Lynn M.; Coon, David; Langa, Kenneth M.; Gitlin, Laura N.; Stevens, Alan B.; Nichols, Linda – Gerontologist, 2007
The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion and research about patient suffering and caregiver compassion. It is our view that these constructs are central to understanding phenomena such as family caregiving, and that recognizing their unique role in the caregiving experience provides new directions for intervention research, clinical…
Descriptors: Intervention, Caregivers, Altruism, Pain
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Halvorson, Heather; Crooks, Janet; LaHart, Daniel A.; Farrell, Katherine P. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Mass psychogenic response (MPR), also referred to as epidemic hysteria, mass hysteria, or mass psychological illness, has been identified for over 600 years. MPR is a syndrome comprising a collection of symptoms, which are consistent with organic illness, but lack an identifiable cause, and which rapidly spread through socially connected groups…
Descriptors: Pain, Standardized Tests, News Reporting, Psychological Patterns
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Carr, Edward G.; Owen-DeSchryver, Jamie S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
There is growing interest in the role that physical illness and pain might play in exacerbating problem behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. Assessment of these factors, however, is often difficult since many individuals have minimal verbal communication skills. In response to this difficulty, we developed a sequential method…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Skills
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Schulz, Richard; Hebert, Randy S.; Dew, Mary Amanda; Brown, Stephanie L.; Scheier, Michael F.; Beach, Scott R.; Czaja, Sara J.; Martire, Lynn M.; Coon, David; Langa, Kenneth M.; Gitlin, Laura N.; Stevens, Alan B.; Nichols, Linda – Gerontologist, 2007
The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion and research about patient suffering and caregiver compassion. It is our view that these constructs are central to understanding phenomena such as family caregiving, and that recognizing their unique role in the caregiving experience provides new directions for intervention research, clinical…
Descriptors: Intervention, Caregivers, Altruism, Patients
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Morton, Paula G.; Tarvin, Leslie – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2001
Describes an educational game for nurses involving questions related to pain assessment and management and the standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Nurses, Pain, Standards
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Asmundson, Gordon J. G.; Hadjistavropolous, Heather D. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2006
Wicksell and colleagues (2005) addressed the important and currently understudied realm of chronic idiopathic musculoskeletal pain treatment in children. They presented a brief overview of empirically supported treatments for children with chronic pain, detailed their case and intervention strategy, and offered conclusions regarding the potential…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Pain, Therapy, Intervention
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Vallerand, April Hazard; Fouladbakhsh, Judith M.; Templin, Thomas – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
In the United States, 42% of adults say they experience pain daily, the majority often relying on self-treatment. In addition, an increasing number of people are seeking complementary/alternative therapies, often without informing their health care providers. Purpose: To explore the occurrence of pain and the modalities of self-treatment used by…
Descriptors: Therapy, Rural Areas, Pain, Substance Abuse
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Dawson, William J. – Music Educators Journal, 2006
Adult instrumental musicians are not the only ones to develop painful problems that interfere with their practice and performance--young musicians are affected, too. In fact, some young instrumentalist are more likely than their elders to be bothered by these painful conditions. Health professionals who frequently see musicians in their offices…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Rehabilitation, Musicians, Pain
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Mourier, Pierre – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discussion of organizational pain and the need for change focuses on situational analysis as a method for successful change implementation. Topics include the influence of pleasure as well as pain; determining departmental effectiveness; identifying barriers to efficiency; and developing an action plan for improvement. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Efficiency, Organizational Climate, Organizational Effectiveness
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Thompson, James – Research in Drama Education, 2006
"Performance of pain, performance of beauty" explores performance projects in war zones using Elaine Scarry's definitions of "pain" and "beauty" as a starting point. The way in which pain constricts the body and the experience that beauty can take a person beyond the body become a contested framework for considering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pain, Aesthetics, Refugees
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Banez, Gerard A.; Gallagher, Heather M. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The purpose of this article is to provide an empirically informed but clinically oriented overview of behavioral treatment of recurrent abdominal pain. The epidemiology and scope of recurrent abdominal pain are presented. Referral process and procedures are discussed, and standardized approaches to assessment are summarized. Treatment protocols…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Referral, Pain, Outcomes of Treatment
Brodkin, Adele M. – Early Childhood Today, 2005
In this article, the author discusses how to manage stress in children. A teacher's story and a parent's story about a child who complains of frequent stomach aches, is presented. Stomach aches and other somatic complaints without any apparent physical explanation are common among young children experiencing stress. Nevertheless, it is essential…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Young Children, Teacher Role, Pain
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