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What Kind of Freedom? Reflections about Vulnerabilities and Family Ties at a Later Age

Screened at the opening session of the festival “Triste Para Sempre” in Lisbon, in December 2024, the film “Alma Anciana” (ancient soul) tells the intertwined stories of three elderly groups whose vastly different family ties and trajectories paint a profound picture about care, vulnerability and resilience. Set in Porto (Portugal), Vienna (Austria) and Havana (Cuba), […]

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Integral Human Development

O futuro pertence à democracia?

Colocam-se hoje fundos desafios à democracia num quadro em que a desconfiança em relação ao sistema político se acentuou. A pobreza, a precariedade no trabalho e na vida, e as desigualdades cresceram. O temor coletivo agrava-se em face das novas guerras. Experimentamos a crescente fragilidade das nossas posições sociais e da provisoriedade de nossas realizações […]

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Integral Human Development

The Intersection of Cancer Care and Spirituality: Exploring Spiritual Distress in Chemotherapy Patients

Helga Martins1 & Silvia Caldeira2 1Helga Martins Pos-doctoral Fellow at Integral Human Development Program, PhD, RN, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Doctoral School (CADOS). Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Lisbon, Portugal. Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Escola Superior de Saúde. R. Dr. José Correia Maltez, 7800-111 Beja, Portugal. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-7934 E-mail: […]