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How General Practitioners And Aged Care Workers Perceive Incidences Of Elder Abuse, Paul Howrie
How General Practitioners And Aged Care Workers Perceive Incidences Of Elder Abuse, Paul Howrie
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
As the Australian population is expanding and ageing, there is an associated need for a focus to be placed on the Individual rights of elderly people, and for the general populus to be made more aware of areas related to our older generation. Elder abuse, as an area of concern, developed as an offshoot of investigations into child abuse and general domestic violence, and initially surfaced in the 1970s and 80s. Some sections of the medical profession were made specifically aware of the problem initially in 1975, through a letter that was sent to the British Medical Journal. However, throughout …
The Art Of Healing : A Journey Through Cancer : Implications For Art Therapy, Carmen Zammit
The Art Of Healing : A Journey Through Cancer : Implications For Art Therapy, Carmen Zammit
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This thesis is designed to investigate how art assisted in the healing process of a person suffering from a life threatening illness. The research method used is a clinical case study. This study is a form of evaluative research, a systematic data-based inquiry concerning the participant's engagement with art in her healing process, a process which unfolds as being both life affirming and spiritually enriching. This case study takes a qualitative approach, with its emphasis on the participant's own account of her behaviour. The participant is a fifty-three year old woman, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, who was diagnosed with multiple …