Freedom
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Patient empowerment and motivational interviewing: engaging patients to self-manage their own care.

29 Jun 2009 Patient empowerment is centered on the belief that patients should be in control of their own care and that behavioral changes and adherence to therapies cannot be achieved unless patients internalize the need for self-change. Data have consistently ... Read more...

'Your freedom ends where my nose begins': health psychology's potential towards critical empowerment, media advocacy and social action.

29 Jun 2009 There is no question that health psychology needs to be more involved with matters concerning health inequalities and the social injustices associated with media racism, and racism in general. It is recognized that our discipline has the potential ... Read more...

Democracy, individual rights and the regulation of science.

11 Jun 2009 Whether the US Constitution guarantees a right to conduct scientific research is a question that has never been squarely addressed by the United States Supreme Court. Similarly, the extent to which the First Amendment protects the right to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Freedom'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sanctions against scientists threaten progress. 6 Oct 2009
• [Ferenc Flór (1809-1871) was born two hundred years ago] 2 Oct 2009
• Patient empowerment and motivational interviewing: engaging patients to self-manage their own care. 29 Jun 2009
• 'Your freedom ends where my nose begins': health psychology's potential towards critical empowerment, media advocacy and social action. 29 Jun 2009
• Freedom of scientific expression. 29 Jun 2009
• Deprivation of liberty. Liberty safeguards in hospital. 13 Jun 2009
• Democracy, individual rights and the regulation of science. 11 Jun 2009
• Unjust burdens of proof. 9 Jun 2009
• Science in court. Jun 2009
• Finding voice: Promoting the right of free speech for mental health nurses. 30 May 2009
• Advance decisions and the Mental Capacity Act. 30 May 2009
• Competing interests policy for AALAS journals. 30 May 2009
• End-of-life issues: difficult decisions and dealing with grief. 30 May 2009
• Euthanasia and free speech in Ireland. 25 May 2009
• Democracy: the forgotten challenge for bioethics in the developing countries. 20 May 2009
• Deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Mental Capacity Act. 17 May 2009
• Private interests count too: commentary on "Science, democracy, and the right to research". 14 May 2009
• Science, democracy, and the right to research. 10 May 2009
• Constitutional restraints on the regulations of scientific speech and scientific research: commentary on "Democracy, individual rights and the regulation of science". 3 May 2009
• Choice, liberty and public health. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Freedom'

Definition: The rights of individuals to act and make decisions without external constraints.

Descriptor UI: D005610

Alternative terms: Freedom; Freedoms; Liberty; Libertarianism;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.473.380; N03.706.437.380;

History Note: 91(78); was see under HUMAN RIGHTS 1978-90