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Taking the piss
Council cuts have created public-toilet deserts across the UK, limiting journeys and days out for people whose medical conditions mean toilet access is essential. Campaigner Kevin Crowe highlights the issues.
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Coronavirus, Crohn’s and me
Clinically vulnerable to COVID-19, Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been shut in her flat for months. With her chronic condition transformed into a life-threatening one, she explores what the pandemic is revealing about living with long-term illness.
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Chemotherapy-day drawings
Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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Pathogenic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis.
Date: 1972- Books
Even children have arthritis ... / Arthritis and Rheumatism Council for Research.
Date: [1963?]- Books
Tributaries : an intro to arthritis in youth. #4.
Parker, JCDate: 2013- Books
Tributaries : an interesting case zine. #6 / by JC.
Parker, JCDate: 2016- Books
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Du rhumatisme chronique noueux des enfants et de son traitement / par le Docteur Moncorvo ... ; traduit du portugais et annote par le Docteur E. Mauriac.
Figueiredo, Carlos Arthur Moncorvo de, 1846-1901.Date: 1880