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Dr Penny Curtis | Sociology | 01 January 2005
Although recent national health service documents have emphasised the need to make hospitals more child-centred, up until now, for the most part, it is adults who have been consulted about what this might mean. There has been little research that has ...
Dr Jennifer Lea | Human Geography | 01 October 2006
This research is concerned with the spaces of bodily experience, and how these intimate spaces intersect with the wider societal contexts within which we live. It uses the techniques of yoga and massage (classified as complementary and alternative me ...
Professor Cam Donaldson | Economics | 30 November 2005
Recognition of scarcity of resources and the development of frameworks to manage such scarcity are two of the most important challenges facing health services globally. The extent to which systematic frameworks for management of scarcity, based on ec ...
Professor Roger Jeffery | Area & Development Studies | 01 September 2010
Experimental scientific enquiry in the fields of medicine and public health has played key roles in the development of medicine and health services, testing the effectiveness of interventions (be they pharmaceutical, technological or programmatic), a ...
Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby | Social Policy | 01 January 2007
The current government is devoting considerable resources to welfare state reform and (arguably) achieving real improvements in services such as the nhs and education. Despite this, the reforms remain highly controversial and there is considerable co ...
Dr Tiziana Leone | Social Policy | 01 April 2009
The results from the recent round of the indian national family health surveys show that both antenatal care and institutional delivery uptake have increased in india, particularly in the southern region. However, despite the progress, achievements a ...
Professor Lorraine Culley | Sociology | 01 March 2009
It is estimated that over 40 million women worldwide are currently seeking fertility treatment. The availability and use of assisted reproductive treatments are subject to the specific socio-legal contexts of nation states, but at the same time globa ...
Dr Gareth Enticott | Human Geography | 01 July 2008
Veterinarians are key actors in the regulation of animal health. Recent animal health crises have heightened awareness of the need for effective regulatory practices and techniques to control the spread of animal diseases. Policy makers have been kee ...
Professor Barbara Mcpake | Area & Development Studies | 01 December 2008
This research examines the achieved use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) by young people in malawi. hiv prevalence in malawi is amongst the highest national rates but is not constant across the life cycle, peaking at age 30-34. P ...
Professor Frances Griffiths | Sociology | 01 January 2008
When clinical and self assessment is taught to health professionals and patients, there is little mention of the assessment of dynamics, that is change over time, the pattern of change and what influences this pattern. Social scientists seeking to un ...
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