• Critical physiotherapy: a ten-year retrospective 

      Nicholls, D.A.; Ahlsen, Birgitte; Bjorbækmo, Wenche; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Hoppner, Heidi; Rajala, Anna Ilona; Richter, Robert; Hansen, Louise Søgaard; Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen; Sviland, Randi; Maric, Filip (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-09-09)
      Critical physiotherapy has been a rapidly expanding field over the last decade and could now justifiably be called a professional sub-discipline. In this paper we define three different but somewhat interconnected critical positions that have emerged over the last decade that share a critique of physiotherapy’s historical approach to health and illness, while also diverging in the possibilities for ...
    • Environmental physiotherapy and the case for multispecies justice in planetary health 

      Maric, Filip; Nicholls, David A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-07)
      Background:Global environmental change is fundamentally altering the composition and functioning of our planetary ecosystem. Effectively presenting the largest threat to the health of present and future generations, these changes and their health impacts are forcing us to think and practice healthcare in much broader terms than ever before. Objective:In this article, we provide an early outline for ...
    • A framework to guide planetary health education 

      Faerron Guzmán, Carlos A; Aguire, Alonso; Astle, Barbara; Barros, Enrique; Bayles, Brett; Chimbari, Moses; El-Abbadi, Naglaa; Evert, Jessica; Hackett, Finola; Howard, Courtney; Jennings, Jonathan; Krzyzek, Amy; LeClair, Jessica; Maric, Filip; Martin, Olwenn V.; Osano, Odipo; Patz, Jonathan; Potter, Teddie; Redvers, Nicole; Trienekens, Noortje; Walpole, Sarah; Wilson, Lynda; Xu, Chenchen; Zylstra, Matthew (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-21)
      People around the world are increasingly facing the pressing challenges of today's interconnected environmental, social, and health crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an important wake-up call reminding us that we need a healthy planet to ensure the health of all people. The emerging field of planetary health is a framework for understanding these interconnections and identifying solutions to ...
    • The fundamental violence of physiotherapy: Emmanuel Levinas’s critique of ontology and its implications for physiotherapy theory and practice 

      Maric, Filip; Nicholls, David A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-12)
      The fundamental role of ontology, epistemology, and ethics is widely recognised across the healthcare professions. Yet what is less known in physiotherapy is how ontology and epistemology potentially undermine the ethical intentions of our theories and practices. In this article, we draw on the work of 20th-century philosopher Emmanuel Levinas to highlight this problem. Particularly Levinas’s ethical ...
    • La physiothérapie comme actrice d’un système de santé plus durable 

      Ferchichi-Barbey, Sylvie; Poget, Fanny; Maric, Filip; Christe, Guillaume (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06)
      <p>Context: Population health and environmental crisis are intimately linked. The health care community has an important responsibility to integrate environmental issues into its actions. <p>Objective: This article proposes approaches to integrate environmental and sustainability issues into physiotherapy practice. <p>Development: Actions aiming at promoting high-value care, communicating about ...
    • Prescribing active transport as a planetary health intervention – benefits, challenges and recommendations 

      Toner, Adam; Lewis, Jeremy S.; Stanhope, Jessica; Maric, Filip (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-08)
      A high proportion of people are insufficiently physically active. The reasons for this are complex and in part relate to social determinants of health, lifestyle choices, and deleterious environmental conditions like climate change, loss of green and outdoor environments and a concomitant loss of biodiversity. Physiotherapists, and other health professionals, may have a positive impact on these ...
    • Tilrettelegging for aktiv transport i Tromsø – en urban design studie 

      Bergli, Asgeir Andreassen; Pedersen, Sara; Maric, Filip (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Bakgrunn: Fysioterapeuter har et velkjent blikk på å forbedre helse på individ- og gruppenivå, men har utviklet mindre kompetanse for å bidra på systemnivå for å fremme folkehelsen og samfunnets bærekraft. Det å fremme kunnskap og implementering av aktiv transport, som betegner ulike måter å forflytte seg på ved aktivt bruk av egen kropp, er et nærliggende område å begynne å engasjere seg på et mer ...