We had another fabulous course this week, with Patty Thille giving us an overview of the work of Annemarie Mol, the first living theorist we've featured on the course. You can find an audio recording, a pdf of the slides and a copy of the text chat from the course below. … [Read more...] about Resources from 4th critical physiotherapy course
The 4th free online critical physiotherapy seminar next week with Patty Thille
Next week we have the 4th in our series of free online critical physiotherapy seminars. This one will be led by Patty Thille, talking about "What does it mean to 'care'? Thinking with Annemarie Mol". Details of how to connect and the times of the talk in your local area are below. Zoom link: https://aut.zoom.us/j/241857657 Dates and times in your area Location Local Time Time Zone UTC Offset Auckland (New Zealand - Auckland) Friday, 24 May 2019 at 7:00:00 a.m. NZST UTC+12 hours Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Friday, 24 May 2019 at 5:00:00 a.m. AEST UTC+10 hours Perth (Australia - Western Australia) Friday, 24 May 2019 at 3:00:00 … [Read more...] about The 4th free online critical physiotherapy seminar next week with Patty Thille
Gloria Teresa Zapata – Fisioterapeuta
1. Fue directora de la línea de investigación kinesiología del desarrollo en la Universidad Nacional. ¿Podrías decirnos como nació el interés en este tema y como tu (experiencia o tu educación o ...) influencio tu investigación? y como influencio tu interés en el manejo de pacientes con demencia? Mi interés por la línea de investigación y profundización en kinesiología del desarrollo, surgió en relación con la oportunidad que tuve de estar vinculada como docente en la UN, durante un período (1986-2006) marcado por la necesidad de reformar el programa curricular de la carrera de manera tal que se favoreciera la formación de fisioterapeutas más comprometidos con la mejora de la … [Read more...] about Gloria Teresa Zapata – Fisioterapeuta
A more complex view of patient self-management
The idea that people should take more personal responsibility for their health is nothing new. For more than 40 years now, we have been promoting the belief that self-care is obviously good and necessary, and that people should be less passive and less dependent. This view has been particularly prevalent in physiotherapy, where the shift away from so called 'passive' modalities has been accompanied by an equally powerful set of discourses pushing behaviour change and an activity-is-best agenda. We've written about some of the dangers of this approach elsewhere (Nicholls et al, 2018), but a recent paper published in the journal Sociology of Health and Illness adds weight to the belief … [Read more...] about A more complex view of patient self-management
30 Days of September: Day 12
Today's image was suggested by Jenny Setchell. Click on the image to open it to full size. You can then save it and turn it into a desktop background by following these brief instructions. … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September: Day 12
Physiotherapy is part of the debt we pay when things go wrong
English law once included a principal that the thing that had caused accidental death or injury - the carving knife that had accidentally chopped off the finger, or the carriage that trampled the person's leg - should be surrendered to God in recognition of its part in causing harm or suffering. This 'thing' was called a deodand and it existed in law from around 1200AD until it was abolished in 1846. The object would be surrendered to the crown and used or sold to compensate for the harm done. William Pietz said that 'any culture must establish some procedure of compensation, expiation, or punishment to settle the debt created by unintended human deaths whose direct cause is not a … [Read more...] about Physiotherapy is part of the debt we pay when things go wrong
Wither ‘Quality of Life’?
This post from our CPN Exec member Barbara Gibson just appeared on The AMS Phoenix Project site (link) and is cross-posted here. I recently attended my first AMS Phoenix Project Conference as a new grant recipient. It was a treat to be amongst a talented group of people who are collectively dedicated to infusing compassionate care into healthcare, and who are doing so from diverse perspectives. As someone who identifies as a critical researcher I was especially intrigued by some of the comments provided by speaker Arno Kumagai related to the problem of evaluating compassion. Dr Kumagai mentioned a somewhat disturbing trend in healthcare towards measuring compassionate care utilizing … [Read more...] about Wither ‘Quality of Life’?