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CPN Digest #13

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Something for the weekend: The doctor-patient relationship and patient resilience in chronic pain: A qualitative approach to patients’ perspectives (article) Multi-morbidity: A patient perspective on navigating the health care system and everyday life (article) Work was once the way to a better life. Not any more (magazine) Animating the anatomical specimen (article) Sage's new Critical Thinking course (online course) The future of the university in a polarizing world (pdf) Palgrave MacMillan weekend £15 eBook sale - use code PCW18E at checkout (link) Want to be a futurist?  First, become a historian (magazine) AI, work and ‘outcome-thinking’ (blog) … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #13

Anatomy and physiotherapy

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Our esteemed Roger Kerry (@RogerKerry1) asked a great question on Twitter last week. Is a detailed knowledge of anatomy (e.g. muscle structure/innervation; bone form; neural plexi structure; lung structure; etc) necessary to be a good clinician? (Here's a link to the full Twitter conversation). Interestingly, peoples' responses broadly polarised into two binary positions with roughly two-thirds of respondents arguing a qualified "yes", that anatomy was essential, with a third arguing "no". The posted comments also make for interesting reading.  But it felt to me that one of the things missing from the debate was a discussion of what anatomy does for physiotherapy, beyond giving us a … [Read more...] about Anatomy and physiotherapy

CPN Digest #12

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Something for the weekend: Digital diagnosis: How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness (magazine) The Mindful Body: A Phenomenology of the Body With Multiple Sclerosis (article) The Future of Healthcare: The Impact of Digitalization on Healthcare Services Performance (chapter) Digital health – a new medical cosmology? The case of 23andMe online genetic testing platform (article) The further future of healthcare (blog) Relax. Do nothing. Become no one - the philosophy of Byung-Chul Han (magazine) Early Career Researcher Advice Article of the Week: Five benefits of a writing ‘system’ by Chris Smith (blog) Mobility and participation among ageing … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #12