Presence Of Family Members Research Articles

Group-Based Participatory Arts Interventions Validate Personhood for those Living with Dementia

Participatory arts-based interventions for people living with dementia involve the collaborative creation and performance of poetry, story, song, dance, and visual arts. These programs are designed to support self-expression and productive collaboration among people living with dementia while stimulating positive social interactions and feelings of empowerment and validation. In this commentary, we explore the use and potential benefits of validation in the implementation of person-centered participatory arts interventions in the context of dementia care. We offer a novel framework for understanding validation as a common intervention method during these activities, organized into five themes: collaboration, connection, communication, creation, and confirmation. These validation opportunities are suggested to offer direct benefits for participants as well as indirect benefits when modeled in the presence of formal care providers and family members. Clinicians and other transdisciplinary care providers are encouraged to understand, use, and teach these and other validation-focused arts interventions with persons living with dementia.

“In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems

AbstractBackgroundTherapists and counsellors increasingly use online video applications to offer treatment in place of face‐to‐face delivery. In the alcohol treatment sector, this offers a range of potential benefits for treatment providers. However, the impact of working remotely via video on the therapeutic relationship remains unclear and under‐researched.AimsThis study aimed to explore how alcohol treatment clients make sense of the relational aspects of therapy delivered remotely, and to examine how the use of remote therapy might disrupt existing ideas around the therapeutic relationship.MethodologyThis study utilised a qualitative design using thematic analysis, with 15 participant interviews with adult service users from a single treatment provider. All participants had previously undertaken at least four 1‐h online therapy sessions.FindingsThe themes that were identified highlighted the significance of the participants' own homes as the site of therapy, with emphasis on the comfort of the home, and the presence of family members and pets. Participants stressed the importance of viewing the face of the therapist, the establishment of a therapeutic bond and specific therapist qualities. Participants also reflected on issues around denial and avoidance associated with self‐image and identity.DiscussionThere are nuanced and potentially unforeseen consequences of undertaking therapy for alcohol problems via video, relating to the significance of the therapy environment and relationship between client and therapist. This may include issues of shame, denial and avoidance, which are of particular significance for clients experiencing difficulties associated with alcohol.

Family coaching during Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials (FamCAB): pilot study protocol

IntroductionMany patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) require weaning from deep sedation (Spontaneous Awakening Trials, SATs) and mechanical ventilation (Spontaneous Breathing Trials, SBTs) in their journey to recovery. These...

The effects of telecommuting and family cohabiting situation on psychological distress in Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

This study aimed to determine whether telecommuting's impact on psychological distress differed depending on the status of workers' cohabiting family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data from 33 302 workers in Japan through an Internet survey, and included 27 036 valid responses in the analysis. The survey included items on family cohabitation and telecommuting status during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed workers' psychological distress using the Kessler 6. The psychological distress odds ratios (ORs) were higher for participants who lived with family members requiring care (OR=1.38, P<.001), and lower for participants living with preschool children (OR=0.77, P<.001) or a spouse (OR=0.80, P<.001). Furthermore, odds ratios were higher for participants who worked from home and lived with family members requiring care or preschool children (OR=1.52, P=.002; OR=1.28, P=.028). Stratified by the presence or absence of family members living with them, psychological distress was higher for telecommuters with family members requiring care, preschool children, or elementary school children. The association between telecommuting and psychological distress varies, depending on workers' living situation with family members.

Should the family be permitted to accompany the patient during resuscitation?

Family is considered to be an essential part of support, especially during difficult times. Similarly, during life-threatening situations, the presence of family is considered a controversial issue in healthcare settings. It has been observed that family members are often requested to wait outside the patient's room throughout the resuscitation process. On the one hand, their presence can assist in making decisions and accepting reality, which therefore eases their grieving process, while on the other hand, watching the resuscitation process can also make them emotionally unstable and may also lead to post-traumatic stress disorder in the future. The purpose of this literature review is to identify and analyze the various barriers and facilitators associated with the presence of family members during resuscitation procedures. A review of studies published between 2013 and 2022 was taken using databases such as CINAHL, PubMed, Google Scholar Search Engine, and Science Direct. "Family support", "family presence during resuscitation," and "family presence during CPR" were the keywords used during the search. In this review, a total of 22 studies were included based on their relevant titles, abstracts, and backgrounds.

Translation, Validity and Internal Consistency of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Brazilian families of patients that died from cancer: a cross-sectional and methodological study.

The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QoDD) may prove to be an important evaluation tool in the Brazilian context, and, therefore, can contribute to a more precise evaluation of the dying and death process, improving and guiding the end-of-life patient care. To translate and cross-culturally adapt the QoDD into Brazilian Portuguese and measure its validity (convergent and known-groups) and internal consistency. A cross-sectional, methodological study was conducted at the Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Brazil. A total of 78 family caregivers participated in this study. Semantic, cultural, and conceptual equivalences were evaluated using the content validity index. The construct validity was assessed through convergent validation and known groups analysis [presence of family members at the place of death; feel at peace with dying; and place of death (hospital versus home; hospital versus Palliative Care)]. Internal consistency was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha. The questionnaire was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and presented evidence of a clear understanding of its content. Cronbach's alpha values were ≥ 0.70, except for the domains of treatment preference (α = 0.686) and general concerns (α = 0.599). The convergent validity confirmed a part of the previously hypothesized correlations between the Palliative Care Outcome Scale-Brazil (POS-Br) total scores and the QoDD domain scores. The QoDD-Br domains could distinguish the patients who died in palliative care and general wards. The QoDD-Br is a culturally adapted valid instrument, and may be used to assess the quality of death of cancer patients.

Unexplored aspects of African mole-rat thermal biology: Daily energy expenditure and development of thermoregulation in Fukomys darlingi (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)

In our study, we analyzed two poorly known aspects of thermal biology in subterranean rodents, the African mole-rats, that being daily energy expenditure and development of thermoregulation in juvenile mole-rat using the social Mashona mole-rat, Fukomys darlingi from southern Malawi. We performed laboratory measurements over 24 h to assess the daily energy expenditure (DEE) in adults as well as the development of the thermoregulatory abilities of juveniles at different ages. To assess the effect of ambient temperature (Ta), we exposed mole-rats to either 30 °C or 20 °C, which represents a thermoneutral as well as a thermally challenging temperature, respectively. The DEE at a Ta of 20 °C was lower than expected based on the calculation from the resting metabolic rate (RMR) at the same Ta, this suggested that heat derived from physical activity can substitute the thermoregulatory heat and thus decrease the cost on thermoregulation. To assess the development of thermoregulation in juveniles and the effect of the presence of family members on it, we measured core body temperature (Tb) and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in juveniles under several social contexts: while alone, with littermates, with littermates and mother and with littermates and both parents. Only juveniles older than one month could generate heat to keep Tb higher than Ta. Thermoregulation appeared to be fully developed in three-month-old juveniles. The presence of adult(s), but not littermates, helped to increase Tb and to decrease the RMR of juveniles. Although the results are mostly preliminary and some interpretations are limited due to low sample size in some social contexts, we may conclude that in this mole-rat species, development of thermoregulation is slow even compared to other altricial mammals.

Being a Muslim In a Catholic Family and Vice Versa: Religious Education in Mixed-Faith Families in Flores, Eastern Indonesia

This study explores religious education and identity formation among families within mixed-faith families in Flores, Eastern Indonesia, specifically, Muslim-Catholic families. This ethnographic research observes and holds in-depth interviews with eight mixed-faith families comprising four to eight family members. This study finds that mixed-faith families continue to carry out the process of faith education and identity formation for all their members. However, the presence of family members with different religions gives a distinctive character because there are always negotiations, adaptations, and even transformations. The form, intensity, and model of faith education between families differ depending on the context of a mixed-faith family formation, one's position and power in the family, one's way of thinking about religion, and the spiritual environment around the family. Faith education in a mixed-faith family can positively deepen faith, strengthen religious identity, increase knowledge about other religions, foster tolerance, and appreciate diversity. This can also fade away the identity and belief of the minority and even can lead to conversion. However, the bond of family love does not cause differences, fights and conversions into one meaningful conflict.

Boards of directors and environmental sustainability: Finding the synergies that yield results

AbstractBoards of directors play an important role in one of the biggest challenges facing companies today: environmental sustainability. While research has mainly focused on the individual and isolated impacts of board composition characteristics on environmental sustainability, we aim to provide an understanding of what combinations of these characteristics result in its high/low levels and why. Using a fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis of a Spanish company's sample over the period 2014–2019, we find that the characteristics of board composition could be complemented or substituted among them, having a similar impact on environmental sustainability performance. We also find that large boards, with a high presence of women and a low presence of family members, led to high environmental sustainability while having no dedicated sustainability committee and a lack of independence with no family presence yielded a low one. Finally, we draw four strategies for the design of the board composition.

Fears, Deaths, Mourning, and Burials in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

Extant studies on deaths in Nigeria have been conducted without much critical focus on how the public responded to emergency politics or the government’s interventions during pandemics. Fundamentally, this is the gap this research aims to fill. This study focuses on pain events, grieves, and mourning following COVID-19-related deaths. Thus, this study analyzes the intersections between COVID-19 and death discourse by exposing and interrogating the variances, ambiguities, ambivalences, corollaries, and paradoxes amid convoluted public health conversations. This research employed both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include African beliefs, newspapers reports of past and current pandemics, and radio, television, and social media narratives. Secondary sources include reviews of existing literature on deaths and pandemics. Historical analysis is used in this study, identifying two categories of dead bodies created during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first category is Pandemic Dead Bodies (PDBs) and the second category is Non-Pandemic Dead Bodies (NPDBs). Many concomitants characterizing Pandemic Dead Bodies including stigmatization, apathy, otherization, ambiguities, genderization, demographication, politicization, contestations, and weaponization are interrogated from socio-historical perspectives. Heightening the stress of grieving families are issues around deaths, as burials are postponed or held within the restrictions of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) COVID-19 protocols, often with the presence of limited family members of the deceased. Thus, the pains and grieves are not just about the loss of loved ones, but the inability to give them a befitting burial, since Nigerians love to celebrate the liminality of their loved ones into eternity. Likewise, anticipatory grief became more accentuated and aggravated in Nigeria regarding the manner of announcing the demise of some popular politicians who died of COVID-19. Fundamentally, these problematic encumbrances, nuances, and intrigues concerning deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic are historicized. This study concludes that pains, grief, sorrow, death, and burial are historically constituted and configured regarding social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental interactions.

Communication of the Diagnosis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the Views of Patients and Family Members, a Qualitative Analysis

Communicating the diagnosis of a genetic and neurodegenerative disease, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), requires a transmission centered on the patient and/or the family caregiver, ensuring autonomy to those involved and strengthening the doctor-patient relationship. Analyzing the communication of the SMA diagnosis from the perspective of patients and family members. This qualitative study was developed through semi-structured interviews, via teleconsultation. The analysis was developed by systematically condensing the answers and synthesizing them into four thematic axes (clarification of the diagnosis, communication of the prognosis, affective memory related to the event, and advice to physicians). Twenty-nine patients with SMA and 28 family caregivers of people with this condition, from all regions of Brazil, reported that individualized, clear, honest, and welcoming communication, emphasizing positive aspects, in the presence of family members and with the possibility of continuous monitoring, was important to meeting their communication needs. A lack of empathy, monitoring and guidance, and estimating life expectancy resulted in negative experiences. The communication needs of patients and family members described during the clarification of the diagnosis and prognosis of SMA predominantly involve empathic factors related to the attitude of the attending physician throughout the evolution of the disease. Future research evaluating other neurodegenerative diseases and the development of research protocols are important to improving communication between physicians, patients, and family members.

An Exploratory Quantitative Study of Factors Associated with Dissatisfaction with Japanese Healthcare among Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals Living in Japan

Background: To identify factors necessary for the proper inclusion of foreigners in Japanese healthcare, we conducted a survey to determine whether foreign residents, even those with high socioeconomic status, referred to as “Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals”, experience difficulties when visiting medical institutions in Japan, using satisfaction level as an indicator. Method: A five-point Likert-scale, anonymous, online questionnaire was administered to faculty and doctoral students enrolled at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST). The respondents’ demographics and their opinions on what they found difficult or important during medical examinations, their impression of Japanese medical personnel, their requirements for language support and interpretation, and their opinions about local healthcare delivery systems were collected. The questionnaires were distributed and collected using Microsoft Forms. Results: Responses were obtained from 90 respondents (response rate: 20.7%). The percentage of respondents who were dissatisfied (bottom two of five Likert scales) with medical care in Japan was 23.4%. In univariate logistic regression analysis, 11 of 35 questions were significantly correlated with dissatisfaction with medical care (p &lt; 0.1). Duration of stay, presence of family members living with the patient, satisfaction with life, and perceived usefulness of language support were negatively correlated with dissatisfaction with medical care, while communication problems with medical personnel, need for medical personnel to respect patients’ culture, religion, and privacy, and difficulty in getting to medical facilities were positively correlated with dissatisfaction with medical care. No significant correlations were found with age, gender, or Japanese language level. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the presence of family members living with the subject (AOR = 0.092, p = 0.010), the desire for multilingual documentation (AOR = 0.177, p = 0.046), the physician’s concern for the patient’s culture and religion (AOR = 8.347, p = 0.029), and difficulty in communication with healthcare providers (AOR = 6.54, p = 0.036) were significantly correlated with overall dissatisfaction with medical care. Discussion: On average, the targeted Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals did not have strong levels of dissatisfaction with Japanese healthcare, but when they did have dissatisfaction, it was related to language barriers, lack of cultural and religious considerations, and difficulty in communication with healthcare providers. We believe that the results indicate the focus points of support necessary for the inclusion of foreigners. We also believe that the finding that family cohabitation is associated with satisfaction with medical care is a useful insight into effective reciprocal support on the part of patients.

Stress among employed mothers in a selected community

Working mothers may have stress due to various reasons like poor job satisfaction, financial insecurity, emotional responsibility for children, heavy workloads and gender based division of labor. The main objectives of this study are to assess the level of stress among employed mothers and to find out association between stress and selected demographic variables. A non-experimental descriptive design was used in the study. Stress level of employed mothers between the age group of 20-50 years assessed by using rating scale. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The study found that majority (50%) experienced only mild stress. The study also revealed that there is significant association between the level of stress among employed mothers and selected demographic variables such as religion, income, presence of working family members and presence of disease.

Individuals with hearing impairment/deafness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid review on communication challenges and strategies.

This study aimed (a) to identify the communication issues and problems faced by individuals with hearing impairment (HI)/deafness during the COVID-19 pandemic and (b) to describe strategies to overcome the issues/problems and/or prevent their negative impact. Individuals with mild or severe HI face everyday communication problems, which have been worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, no studies have summarised the available evidence to better understand the communication challenges faced by them and strategies allowing better interactions. The long duration of the outbreak-more than 2 years, with policies that have just been lifted in some countries-and the possible return of restrictions in the next Winter suggest the need to summarise evidence in the field. A rapid review is reported here in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. Medline, CINAHL and Scopus databases were searched, including (a) primary or secondary studies published from January 2020 to 12 January 2022, (b) involving individuals with HI/deafness, (c) during the COVID-19 pandemic and (d) written in English. Data were extracted and summarised by using a content analysis approach. No Patient or Public Contribution. Fourteen studies were included as follows: three non-systematic reviews, seven cross-sectional, three quasi- experimental and one qualitative study, performed mainly in the US and the UK. Face mask covering use; physical and social distancing; and information, education, rehabilitation, and healthcare accessibility have emerged as the main challenges triggering consequences such as social isolation, loneliness, poor knowledge regarding the prevention and mental health issues. Strategies mitigating these challenges are as follows: (a) adopting transparent face masks, (b) using basic skills while interacting (e.g. maintaining eye contact), (c) improving the availability of sign language interpreters, (d) allowing the presence of family members and (e) teaching basics of sign language to healthcare professionals. Individuals with HI/deafness live with several challenges, suggesting that their vulnerability has increased tremendously during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effectiveness of strategies to overcome these difficulties should be scrutinised by conducting more research. Moreover, there should be increased awareness among all citizens by equipping them with simple strategies to communicate effectively with individuals with HI, an approach that may increase inclusiveness and prevent further negative consequences and burden.

Prevalence and Life Cycle in Patients with Scabies Infection-A Study in Kumudini Women’s Medical College Hospital, Tangail, Bangladesh

Introduction: Scabies is a common contagious parasitic dermatosis. Transmission of the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis generally occurs by skin-to-skin contact, but with crusted scabies it may also occur through fomites, such as infected clothing or bedding. Diagnosis is usually clinical. Objective: To find out prevalence and life cycle in patients with scabies infection. Materials and Methods: Scope and Delimitation of the Study. This study focused the management of scabies. This study was conducted among the OPD patients in Kumudini Women’s Medical College Hospital, Tangail, Bangladesh and BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study was conducted from July 2021 to August 2022. The diagnoses of scabies of the potential respondents were based on the set criteria. Only those diagnose clinically with scabies were included in this study. There were no scraping procedures (acarus test) done to confirm the diagnosis of scabies. Other skin diseases aside from scabies were not included in the study. Results: In our study 110 scabies patients it appears that maximum population affected with Scabies infection were aged between 0-6 years (16.3%) and 7-12 years (20.9%) and minimum were between 43-48 years (prevalence 3.6%) and 49-54 years (prevalence 3.6%). The highest prevalence 13.63% in female were in the 7-12 years and lowest prevalence 0.95% in 49-54 years. The highest prevalence 6.36% in male were in the 7-12 years and lowest prevalence 0.95% in 25-30 years and 31-36 years. November (29.09%), December and January (34.54%) show the highest prevalence in scabies infection. In Bangladesh, this three months represent a winter season. On the other hand, July to October represent almost hot condition. So from my result, it is concluded that scabies infection is more prevalent in winter than summer. Scabies infection is not serious problem for our country because the highest prevalence 50% of severity of scabies infection limited with in Moderate (second stage of classical scabies infection) category. Classical scabies is more active in Bangladesh; on the other hand crusted scabies is limited person in Bangladesh. Conclusion: Scabies is more common where overcrowded conditions prevail; it can affect any individual irrespective of social status, personal hygiene, profession, gender, age or ethic origin. These include increased number of household members, presence of other family members with scabies, overcrowding, poverty and low educational attainment. Children (l-12 yrs.) have the highest incidence of scabies as compared to the other age group.

Household Attributes in a Transit-Oriented Development: Evidence from Taipei

This empirical study of the Metro Danshui Line in Taipei analyzed the attributes of households residing in “areas with significant attributes of TOD built environment” (TOD+) by applying a questionnaire survey and binary logit model. The empirical results were the following: household income, household size, and floor space needs are negatively associated with TOD+; the presence of children or elderly family members and preference for dense development, mixed land use and public facilities are positively related to TOD+. Based on the empirical findings of this study and the objective of deploying TODs near metro stations, general strategic directions for land use planning and property marketing are recommended to government agencies and real estate developers.

Second-Hand Smoke and Early Allergic Manifestation in Children

Introduction: Allergic diseases have a high morbidity rate worldwide. The interaction between genetic and environmental factors plays an important role in shaping the early development of allergies, including exposure to cigarette smoke. The prevalence of children in Indonesia who are exposed to cigarette smoke is high. Thus, it is suspected that this will affect the emergence of allergies in children. This study aimed to determine the relationship between second-hand smoke exposure and early allergic manifestations in children. Methods: This was an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design involving 190 pediatric patients who suffered from allergies in the allergy outpatient clinic at the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya. Data were obtained through medical records. Results: This study showed that 50% of the patients have families who smoke at home, the most common early manifestations were at 11-20 months old (32.10%), and the most common early manifestations were respiratory manifestations (98.42%). There was a significant relationship between the presence of a family member who smoked at home with the age of early manifestation, respiratory manifestation, and skin manifestation in allergic pediatric patients (all p &lt; 0.05). There was no significant relationship between the presence of family members who smoked at home with gastrointestinal manifestations in allergic pediatric patients (p = 0.301). Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the presence of family members who smoke at home with age, respiratory tract, and skin manifestations in allergic pediatric patients.

How do non-economic goals and priorities affect family firm’s propensity to innovate in automation? The role of ownership, board of director, young successor and generation

PurposeThis study examines the propensity to innovate in automation of family firms (FFs) based on the socio-emotional wealth (SEW) perspective.Design/methodology/approachThis study’s analysis is based on three aspects. First, the authors consider three main non-economic goals and priorities of FFs: the family’s relationship with employees (read as to care for their satisfaction and well-being); the inner pride of building and maintaining the family and firm image and reputation; and the inner feeling to be socially responsible. Second, the authors consider how these goals and priorities vary among FFs according to four dimensions: family ownership, the presence of family members on the board of directors, the involvement of young successors, and the presence of founding and later generations. Finally, the consequences of automation are considered: lower firm employment, lower employees’ satisfaction and well-being, and higher firm productivity. The analysis is based on a sample of 4,150 Italian firms.FindingsThe analysis revealed that FFs are less prone to innovate in automation than non-FFs. Specifically, family ownership, the presence of family members on the board of directors, and the presence of founding generation are negatively associated with innovation in automation. Instead, the involvement of young successors and the presence of later generation are positively associated with innovation in automation.Originality/valueTo the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first investigation that, based on SEW, examines how FFs act on the decision to innovate in automation, thereby providing empirical evidence.

The Lived Experience of Jordanian Persons With a Stoma: A Qualitative Study.

Individuals may live with an intestinal stoma either temporarily or for the rest of their lives. The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of Jordanian persons living with a stoma. Qualitative design was employed via semistructured interviews with 22 Muslim participants who had an intestinal stoma. Thematic analysis of the transcripts resulted in 3 main themes. The first core theme was stoma burden, which represented difficulties and challenges resulting from the creation of a stoma. This theme was divided into 4 subthemes: physical, self-care, social, and psychological burdens. The second theme was the adaptation to a stoma, whereas the third theme was suggestions for healthcare providers to decrease stoma burden. Conclusively, these themes conveyed that the presence of supportive family members and qualified healthcare providers can decrease the burden of a stoma. Generally, persons with a stoma (ostomates) experienced stoma-related physical, social, psychological, and financial burdens. Therefore, ostomates were in need of training, psychosocial therapy, and more follow-ups to prevent and treat stoma complications and adapt to living easily with the stoma.

The Trials of Rasmea Odeh: How a Palestinian Guerrilla Gained and Lost U.S. Citizenship by Steven Lubet

Reviewed by: The Trials of Rasmea Odeh: How a Palestinian Guerrilla Gained and Lost U.S. Citizenship by Steven Lubet Angela Berliner Steven Lubet, The Trials of Rasmea Odeh: How a Palestinian Guerrilla Gained and Lost U.S. Citizenship. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University Press, 2021. Pp. 281. $34.95. The author weaves a tale of two narratives. The central figure in this legal exposé, Rasmea Odeh, appears alternately as a Palestinian refugee fighting for the liberation of her people and a remorseless murderer sentenced to life in prison for her involvement in a supermarket bombing that killed two students and injured many more. Odeh plays the roles of both victim and perpetrator, guerrilla and terrorist. The author deftly investigates Odeh’s murder conviction in Israel and her trial in the U.S., decades later, for unlawful procurement of citizenship after lying about her prior sentence on her visa application and naturalization exam. In the first seven chapters, Lubet gives an overview of Odeh’s early years when she joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist-Leninist, pan-Arab organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Through her involvement with the PFLP, she took part in the Friday morning bombing of the largest supermarket in Jerusalem, killing Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner, agricultural students at Hebrew University. Odeh was arrested after Israeli soldiers discovered weapons and explosives in her home. Her interrogation was brutal, and she soon confessed. A military court found Odeh guilty, and she was given two life sentences in prison but served only ten years before the government released her in a prisoner exchange between Israel and the PFLP. The second half covers Odeh’s trial in the U.S. From the beginning of her legal troubles, Odeh and her supporters (primarily from the left-leaning, anti-Israel crowd) sought to politicize the case and put the Jewish state on trial. Her defense team relied on a mix of “truth, exaggeration, and outright myth” to paint a one-sided portrait of Odeh as a victim of the “Israeli lobby,” reframing her prosecution as a story of prejudice against Palestinians and Muslims. The author is a law professor, so it is no surprise that the book’s biggest strength is his ability to write about Odeh’s trials with such precision that a reader need not have prior knowledge of the legal system. Lubet proves himself the John Grisham of nonfiction crime as he expertly delineates the facts of the case from the fiction propagated by Odeh and her supporters. In a story that could easily elicit bias, Lubet wisely does not give his opinion but presents the evidence with the fairness of a judge. [End Page 615] While Lubet briefly mentions the Antisemitism in Odeh’s upbringing and the PFLP, he only hints at how anti-Jewish fallacies served her U.S. defense. The Palestinian-rights activists who supported her resorted to conspiracy theories of undue Jewish power’s influencing the American legal system to persecute an innocent woman, ironically in the presence of family members of the murdered students. For the uninitiated into the left-wing paradigm of the world’s oldest hatred, a reader might miss its relevance to this story. To assuage this potential misunderstanding, the author could have included a paragraph describing the function of Antisemitism in the guise of anti-Zionism among social justice movements. This book reveals how a breakdown in interideological dialogue perpetuates false narratives and demonization of the other. Outside the Levant, the worldwide obsession with the Israel-Palestine conflict reflects personal ideology more than complex understanding. Side-taking is de rigueur. Lubet’s balanced recounting of Odeh’s trials juxtaposes the anti-Israel bias of her supporters and reminds any lucid activist of the Antisemitism that threatens to delegitimize movements for Palestinian self-determination. Angela Berliner Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA Copyright © 2022 Journal of Ecumenical Studies