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hello all re terminology for "confined to bed" What about the old "non-ambulatory"? or does this sound like it relates only to walking? "Repose" is a positive word. Can you work with that? "Recumbent" is another but sounds sort-of passive "bed-based lifestyle"? Clutching at straws now. Best regards Laurence Bathurst School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney PO Box 170 Lidcombe NSW 1825 Australia Ph: 61 2 9351 9509 Fax: 61 2 9351 9509 Email: [log in to unmask] See School Website www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au Home Ph: 61 2 9818 2050 Mobile Ph: 0407 069 441 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Valade" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:32 AM Subject: shift from appliance-dependency | Your insights into the use of body position rather than appliance-dependency | is astute: prone and horizontal often can refer to women's sexual passivity, | etc. Your research sounds fascinating...and scarey to comprehend the | occurences of abuse of women physically dependent in beds.... | | Good luck with the language. Maybe there is no short-cut for this. Maybe | the language needs to be women who reside in bed, or something. Wow...just | saying that elicits sexual images. Good for you for researching this! | Rita | | >>Thanks very much for this - shifting attention from appliance dependency is | a good idea .. I will have to think of an appropriate word ... 'prone' or | 'horizontal' often connotes notions of women's sexual passivity - only saying | this because the research is about abuse of disabled women and many have been | sexually abused due to their constant horizontal position. Your thoughts | really help with writing up my research - thanks - greatly appreciated. | | Cheers | | In a message dated 11/06/02 04:21:53 GMT Daylight Time, Rvaladersm writes: | | > | > What would you think of using some language that would be more specific to | | > body position rather than appliance-dependent. Something weird like | "prone" | > or horizontal. Just offering this as a shift in thought. A very good | > question to ask. | > | > | | | | | Rita M. Valade, RSM | [log in to unmask] | | ________________End of message______________________ | | Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List | are now located at: | | www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html | | You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.