Tag: socialacceptance
Of Male Nurses and Nursing’s Epistemological Status
Nursing is viewed as a female-oriented profession, indeed the idea of any attending nurse being a Male seems aberrant. This Gender Controversy is well documented [more…]
Social Isolation: An Exacerbating Factor in Mental Health Problems
Too often taken for granted, our social interactions are central to living a full life, helping us to articulate and ventilate our thoughts. When these [more…]
One begets the Other: The Importance of a Child’s Self-esteem for Good Mental Health
Ryeng, Korger and Martinussen(2013) define self-esteem as an emotional evaluation of valuing our self-confidence, knowledge of own potentials, the capacity to accept mistakes and good [more…]
A Closer Look at the Psychological and Social Aspects of Palliative Care
“It is difficult to accept death because of its unfamiliarity, despite the fact that it happens all the time but we never see it” (Ross, [more…]
The Power of the Mind – No Health without Mental Health
Caring for the mind is as important as caring for the body. In fact, one cannot be healthy without the other”, writes Sid Garza-Hillman in his [more…]
