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Suzanne Mintz

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posted 05/09/2008, comments (2)

Healthcare Literacy – A Key to Success

Everyone knows that one of the keys to success is education and that holds true for family caregivers as well. In our case, the terminology is called "health literacy." What exactly do I mean by health literacy? It is generally defined as our capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and the... Read more Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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posted 04/17/2008, comments (0)

Living with Quiggles: Whose Responsibility

Stigma:1) The recognition of differences based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggle: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident or illness... Read more Chevron

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Cheryle Gartley

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posted 03/17/2008, comments (2)

Living with Quiggles: Taking the Cover Off

Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which can... Read more Chevron

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