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Disease manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection in Arctic Canada: using epidemiology to address community concerns.
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Fedorak, R.N., Bailey, R., Girgis, S., van Zanten, S.V., Morse, J., Geary, J., Fagan-Garcia, K., Goodman, K.J., Cheung, J.
Objectives Helicobacter pylori infection, linked to gastric cancer, is responsible for a large worldwide disease burden. H pylori prevalence and gastric cancer rates are elevated among indigenous Arctic communities, but implementation of prevention strategies is hampered by insufficient...
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2013
Olson, K., Hale, L., Smith, C., Schneiders, A., Baxter, G.
This study describes the experiences of four groups of healthcare providers who facilitate exercise interventions for people with multiple sclerosis (MS)-related fatigue. Fatigue is a complex symptom frequently experienced by people with MS, yet it is poorly understood by clinicians and clinical...
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Identifying signals of suffering by linking verbal and facial cues.
2003
Spiers, J., Morse, J., Olson, K., Beres, M., Mayan, M.
Here, the authors describe microanalytically the two main behavioral states in suffering (enduring and emotional suffering) so that in subsequent research, appropriate comforting responses to ease and relieve suffering can be identified for each behavioral state. Their objectives were to describe...
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The changing causal foundations of cancer-related symptom clustering during the final month of palliative care: A longitudinal study
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Hanson, J., Hayduk, L., Quan, H., Olson, K., Strasser, F., Cui, Y., Lawlor, P., Cree, M.
Background: Symptoms tend to occur in what have been called symptom clusters. Early symptom cluster research was imprecise regarding the causal foundations of the coordinations between specific symptoms, and was silent on whether the relationships between symptoms remained stable over time. This...
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2002
Spiers, J., Olson, K., Mayan, M., Morse, J., Barrett, M.
The rejection of reliability and validity in qualitative inquiry in the 1980s has resulted in an interesting shift for “ensuring rigor” from the investigator’s actions during the course of the research, to the reader or consumer of qualitative inquiry. The emphasis on strategies that are...