Brief Overview of Diabetes, the Disease
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Role and Use of Creative Arts in Diabetes Care
Art does not reproduce the visible, but makes visible. Paul Klee Introduction Concepts and techniques which belong to the world of art are not obvious even in medical practice. They…
The Journey of the Person with Diabetes
2 Centre for Mental Health and Well-being Research, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia3 AHP Research, Hornchurch, Essex, UK4 Department of Neurobehavioural Sciences, Behavioural Medicine Centre, School of…
Teaching and Learning: The Art and Science of Making Connections
Oh, Merlin, he cried [young King Arthur] Please come too. For this once said a large solemn tench [Merlin] beside his ear, I will come. But in future you will…
People Do Not Always Speak the Same Language Even When They Speak the Same Language
Telling stories about illness is to give voice to the body … the body sets in motion the need for new stories when disease disrupts old stories. Frank (1995) Introduction…
The Teacher: Moving from Good to Exceptional
[The teacher] If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. Kahlil…
Acute Bacterial Meningitis
ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS KAREN L. ROOS, ALLAN R. TUNKEL, DIEDERIK VAN DE BEEK, AND W. MICHAEL SCHELD The meningitis syndrome has been recognized for centuries. Hippocrates realized the important intracranial…
Brain Abscess
BRAIN ABSCESS MATTHIAS KLEIN, HANS-WALTER PFISTER, ALLAN R. TUNKEL, AND W. MICHAEL SCHELD DEFINITION Brain abscess is a focal intracerebral infection that begins as a localized area of cerebritis and…
Imaging of Intracranial Infections
IMAGING OF INTRACRANIAL INFECTIONS CARRIE P. MARDER AND KATHLEEN R. FINK Intracranial infections are usually diagnosed by clinical assessment and laboratory investigations, particularly cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, combined with radiologic…
Epidural Abscess
EPIDURAL ABSCESS HANS-WALTER PFISTER, MATTHIAS KLEIN, ALLAN R. TUNKEL, AND W. MICHAEL SCHELD SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS First described by the Italian anatomist Morgagni in the eighteenth century, a spinal epidural…
