Sydney School of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Early discharge: What are the effects of programmes targeted at elderly orthopaedic patients?
Published 1997-01-01Early discharge from hospital is rapidly becoming acceptable hospital policy with increasing financial pressures that confront health services. Formalised programmes of early discharge have been developed in the United ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Community gardens: A natural way to wellbeing
Published 2000-01-01Community gardens provide social, economic and environmental benefits to local urban communities. These include individual and collective social wellbeing, access to cheap, nutritious food and improved functioning of the ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
The use of humour in diversional therapy
Published 1994-01-01Humour is a natural phenomenon that every human being possesses. But humour is often not fully utilized and often taken for granted. It is only recently that there has been an upsurge in research in the area of humour that ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Social isolation, loneliness & older people: Study of neighbour aid home visiting service
Published 1999-01-01The purpose of this research study is to investigate social isolation and loneliness and its impact it has on a person's well being. Social isolation and loneliness occurs in people of all ages but with older generation ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Chinese-speaking women's experiences in the postnatal period in Australia: An exploratory study
Published 1993-01-01In today's contemporary world, postnatal women of Chinese ancestry still adhere to the traditional health beliefs and practices of postnatal care. Chinese-speaking people refer to these health beliefs and practices as "Zuo ...Open AccessReport, Technical