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    ENFERMEDAD TERMINAL Y PSICOLOGÍA DE LA SALUD
    (1999) Gregorio Escalante; Karen Lorena Escalante
    Terminal illness and health psychology The terminal phase of human life begins when the physician judges that the patient’s conditions are worsening and nothing can be done to stop or reverse the progress of the illness. At this point the treatment becomes basically palliative and mainly focused on reducing pain. In such a conditions a number of controversial dilemmas appear, which must be faced and that affect both patients and families and the physician. This article offers several considerations related to terminal illness and suggests answers to some of the typical dilemmas.
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    Historia natural del alcoholismo
    (1993) Gregorio Escalante; Karen Lorena Escalante
    espanolEl trabajo es una revision selectiva de la investigacion realizada sobre el alcoholismo. Se examina una buena parte de los prin cipales problemas que supone la ingestion desmedida de alcohol etilico en la poblacion, los factores de riesgo asi como las implicacion es de tipo laboral, personal, medico y psicologico que la misma supone. EnglishThe article is a selective review of research on alcoholism It examines most of the main problems derived from the prevalence o f alcohol abuse in the general population. risk factors and findings regarding laboral, personal, medical and psychological impli cations of abusive drinking.