De organografía, organología y etnolaudería como propuesta para el estudio de los instrumentos musicales tradicionales by Víctor Hernández Vaca

“…Abstract In a review of the classical literature on traditional Mexican musical instruments, several results come to light: scholars, including myself, have spoken indistinctively of organography and organology as the conceptual and methodological frameworks for the study of the traditional musical instrument. …”
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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…A comment which might have touched a sensitive wire somewhere in your emotional memory, is an actual recollection of what I myself overheard once. Or, maybe, remembering someone who used to grin, rather peculiarly, when a patient mentioned another colleague’s name, just enough to create sufficient doubt in their minds, will jolt up some sensitive recollections. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Williams explains: "Once the social sources of our identities are recognized, it becomes apparent that someone else who shares my culture [experience] might be able to understand me better than I understand myself.” [45] Essentially, the lived experience of peer-support specialists does not necessarily impede autonomy but can effectively enhance it through facilitated support.[46] Recognizing that individuals are embedded in social relations makes it clear that conceptions of autonomy that neglect emotions, communal life, social context, interdependence, reciprocity, and the development of persons over time are exceedingly narrow.[47] Within this framework of relational autonomy, peer-support specialists can guide service users through their struggles with SMI. …”
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