Between 60 and 70 percent of patients who undergo a thoracotomy, or a surgical incision into the chest wall, experience some sort of long-term, post-surgical pain. So that patient population was a natural fit for a study focused on pain management, led by the University of Pennsylvania and taking place at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Peking University People’s Hospital in China.
In one of the first studies to examine priorities in recovery identified by trauma patients, family members and clinicians over time, an international research partnership that was launched from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and Griffith University School of Nursing & Midwifery in Australia has helped advance the importance of patient-reported outcome measures for improved trauma care and research. Read more
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Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs Nancy Biller, Master Yin Quan, and Associate Professor of Nursing Jianghong Liu.
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On October 17th and 18th, Master Yin Quan and his senior instructor, Paul Yeow, visited Penn Nursing to teach a Penn Global seminar and host multiple sessions on Qigong, a form of traditional Chinese medicine believed to help with physical well-being, chronic diseases, and mindfulness.
President Trump’s expanded Global Gag Rule limits NGOs’ ability to serve vulnerable populations and dramatically reduces access to sexual and reproductive health care.
The Center for Global Women’s Health partners with local organization Cycle Sisters to distribute period products to Philadelphia’s most vulnerable populations.
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