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The contribution presents the experience of Italian speech therapists in telerehabilitation (henceforth TR) and identifies their views regarding applicability and functionality, both in clinical terms and in terms of their relationship with the patient. In particular, the contribution aims to understand whether and how the distance approach, which drastically modifies the therapeutic relationship with regard to proxemics and interpersonal space, is comparable to the in-presence approach, as found in the literature...

People who are homeless represent – today as a hundred years ago – one of the most extreme forms of poverty. Too often, the lack of recognition of the social problem adds up to the personal drama of a condition of grave poverty. Following Nels Anderson’s unsurpassed text The Hobo as a conceptual map, a reflection on some selected theoretical and analytical points related to homelessness is proposed...

In the international arena, there is a broad debate about the importance of including Medical Humanities in the education of health professionals. On the one hand a large part of the available literature highlights the several benefits of the impact of these disciplines on the competence and skills of doctors and other health professionals, which are deemed useful in improving their care practices...