That prospect should greatly lessen the aura of terror that surrounds Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever virus whose reputation has been shaped by its deadliness and its
incurability. Since its discovery 40 years ago, the virus has haunted Africa.
Given that cinematic zombies have historically embodied national fears and anxieties that could not be named directly, it is fitting that NEET of the Living Dead's version of the creature is both an avatar for and a direct representation of a nexus of Japanese anxieties: the failure of the traditional family-corporate structure, the mystery and seeming
incurability of the hikikomori condition, and the all-consuming tide of globalization that the country has so far (in many ways) resisted but that seems inevitable.
Social dangerousness and
incurability in schizophrenia: Results of an educational intervention formedical and psychology students.
[4] The presence of malignant pleural effusion usually signals
incurability and a poor quality of life for the patient.
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The second subscale was "
incurability and poor social and interpersonal skills" that measures how people think mental illness affects interpersonal relationship and its
incurability using eleven items.
After a protracted and potentially dangerous treatment with chemotherapy, surgery and/or radiotherapy, the breaking of news of
incurability of cancer is catastrophic, not only for the despairing patient, but also for the expectant family.
The course of the disease is marked by indolent course, frequent relapses, '
incurability', and tendency to transform into more aggressive NHL (diffuse large B cell lymphoma).
The unavailability of pure blood explained the
incurability of the illness, a view sustained by such works as Thomas Dekker's 1604 Newes from Graves-ende, or the tale of Constantine, retold by the Puritan preacher Jeremiah Whitaker.
Just consider for a moment the possible role of the semantic reactions in the following: the fear of the dentist, the fear of an operation, the belief in the
incurability of an illness, the continuing rages of a man, an inability to relax, concentrate or sleep, the effects of fatigue and 'that tired feeling,' his eagerness to find confirmation of his own diagnoses, his unwillingness to listen, his failure to obey the doctor's orders, his over-acceptance of old wives' tales and formulae, his worry over the strange labels, his two-valued expectations, his flitting from doctor to doctor in his search for quick, cheap cures, and so on.
Introduction of treatment was a useful point of comparison since research has shown that fears about the
incurability of leprosy in Brazil was a big factor in stigmatisation of patients.