Deborah Thorpe

Biographic Data

ID	3887198
NAME	Deborah Thorpe
GIVEN NAMES	Deborah
FAMILY NAME	Thorpe
SIGNATURE	THORPE D
AFFILIATIONS	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
ORCID	0000-0002-2307-8770
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	4
TOTAL CITATIONS	1
WORKS AS AUTHOR	4
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2021
H-INDEX	1

A Life Course Perspective on Growing Older With Cerebral Palsy
Open AccessAmanda Carroll, Dara V Chan et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2021Cited by: 1References: 37
Despite most children with cerebral palsy (CP) now living within typical life spans, little is known about how the effects of CP unfold across the life course and impact participation in everyday life during adulthood. In this study, we explored the experiences of 38 adults growing older with CP. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews focused on participants' engagement in activities in their community and analyzed using a life cours…
Health at the writing desk of John Ruskin
Deborah Thorpe, Deborah E Thorpe et al.ARTICLEMedical Humanities2019References: 3
Though John Ruskin (1819-1900) is remembered principally for his work as a theorist, art critic and historian of visual culture, he wrote exhaustively about his health in his correspondence and diaries. Ruskin was prone to recurring depressive and hypochondriacal feelings in his youth and adulthood. In 1871, at the age of 52 years, he developed an illness with relapsing psychiatric and neurological features. He had a series of attacks of brain di…
Young hands, old books
Open AccessDeborah Thorpe, Peter Stanley FoslARTICLECogent Arts and Humanities2016
This article scrutinises three marginal drawings in LJS 361, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It first considers the provenance of the manuscript, questioning how it got into the hands of children. Then, it combines developmental psychology with close examination of the material evidence to develop a list of criteria to attribute the drawings to children. There is considerati…
Measuring Medical Students' Reluctance to Prescribe Opioids for Cancer Pain
Open AccessJoseph M Merrill, Catherine Hill et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1999
Among 644 senior medical students a 14-item scale which was internally consistent indicated no change over the 6 years of testing in intent to reserve opioids for terminally ill

Measuring Medical Students' Reluctance to Prescribe Opioids for Cancer Pain
Open AccessJoseph M Merrill, Catherine Hill et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1999
Among 644 senior medical students a 14-item scale which was internally consistent indicated no change over the 6 years of testing in intent to reserve opioids for terminally ill
Young hands, old books
Open AccessDeborah Thorpe, Peter Stanley FoslARTICLECogent Arts and Humanities2016
This article scrutinises three marginal drawings in LJS 361, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It first considers the provenance of the manuscript, questioning how it got into the hands of children. Then, it combines developmental psychology with close examination of the material evidence to develop a list of criteria to attribute the drawings to children. There is considerati…
Health at the writing desk of John Ruskin
Deborah Thorpe, Deborah E Thorpe et al.ARTICLEMedical Humanities2019References: 3
Though John Ruskin (1819-1900) is remembered principally for his work as a theorist, art critic and historian of visual culture, he wrote exhaustively about his health in his correspondence and diaries. Ruskin was prone to recurring depressive and hypochondriacal feelings in his youth and adulthood. In 1871, at the age of 52 years, he developed an illness with relapsing psychiatric and neurological features. He had a series of attacks of brain di…
A Life Course Perspective on Growing Older With Cerebral Palsy
Open AccessAmanda Carroll, Dara V Chan et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2021Cited by: 1References: 37
Despite most children with cerebral palsy (CP) now living within typical life spans, little is known about how the effects of CP unfold across the life course and impact participation in everyday life during adulthood. In this study, we explored the experiences of 38 adults growing older with CP. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews focused on participants' engagement in activities in their community and analyzed using a life cours…