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    Pratiche di linguaggio narrativo e innovazione organizzativa. Riflessioni sulle medical humanities per una possibile sinergia.

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    Nell’attuale ambito socio-sanitario le Medical Humanities possono risultare una pratica innovativa in un contesto economico-sociale in cui le risorse destinate all’ambito sanitario sono limitate. È ipotizzabile un allontanamento dal pregiudizio secondo cui processi di razionalizzazione delle risorse portino necessariamente ad un impoverimento delle pratiche assistenziali? Il trasferimento nella pratica quotidiana delle potenzialità narrative delle MH può forse non rispondere solo all’esigenza di estendere, accanto all’approccio evidence based, uno sguardo più ampio sull’illness del paziente, finalizzato ad un miglioramento della relazione. Tale pratica può bensì diventare cruciale anche per un processo di guida per il professionista sanitario, nella diagnosi e nella terapia, per effettuare le scelte più appropriate per il paziente evitando sprechi e complicazioni. Innovazione significa proporre in ambito italiano, in cui si ricorre alle MH prevalentemente attraverso iniziative individuali e sporadiche, un’ipotesi di ricerca che valorizzi sia l’approccio formativo-pedagogico sia quello organizzativo-gestionale in termini di complementarietà

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship

    One year in review 2020: economic and organisational aspects in rare and complex connective tissue diseases

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    Rare and complex connective tissue diseases (rCTDs) encompass a considerable number of diseases and syndromes and their variability highly impacts on the clinical management, resulting in variable economic and organisational burden that might represent a challenge for healthcare systems. This paper is aimed at providing an overview of the most recent evidence regarding the economic and organisational impact of rCTDs. In particular, this work discusses the most relevant data on specific aspects related to health economics in rCTDs published in 2019
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