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The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights (2015)
Book Chapter
van den Anker, C. (2015). The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Continental Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer

This chapter traces the ongoing effects of eugenics on discourses of ‘disability’, analysing in particular the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I use the sociological methodology of grounded theory-building based on live... Read More about The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights.

Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben (2015)
Book Chapter
Lewis, M. (2015). Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. New York: Springer

Chapter: https://www.academia.edu/3776661/Of_Auto-_Immune_Life_Derrida_Esposito_Agamben_draft_of_a_text_to_be_published_in_a_volume_entitled_Medicine_and_Society_edited_by_D._Meacham_

On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem (2015)
Book Chapter
Keane, N. (2015). On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem. In D. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (57-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_4

If health is definable as a dynamic equilibrium, then there needs to be some criterion for its re-establishment or restoration. For centuries this criterion has been identified as nature, a criterion which is not altogether unproblematic. It must be... Read More about On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem.

Bisexualities (2015)
Book Chapter
Bowes-Catton, H., & Hayfield, N. (2015). Bisexualities. In C. Richards, & M. Barker (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Health needs assessment (2015)
Book Chapter
Kelly, M., Powell, J., & Bartle, N. (2015). Health needs assessment. In R. Detels, M. Gulliford, Q. Abdool Karim, & C. C. Tan (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

This chapter begins with a consideration of the technical processes used for conducting health needs assessment. The ways to plan the exercise, assess the structure of a given population, examine the effectiveness of potential interventions and condu... Read More about Health needs assessment.

Political not generational: Getting real about the Second Wave (2015)
Book Chapter
Mackay, F. (2015). Political not generational: Getting real about the Second Wave. In M. Kiraly, & M. Tyler (Eds.), Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism. Victoria, Australia: Connor Court Press

In the 1990s you could not move for stories about the death of feminism, the lack of politics in younger women and indeed the political disengagement of youth as a whole. Now though the media are busy suggesting that our social movement is in fact en... Read More about Political not generational: Getting real about the Second Wave.

Professional and ethical practice during training: The 'wounded healer' (2015)
Book Chapter
Hadjiosif, M. (2015). Professional and ethical practice during training: The 'wounded healer'. In R. Tribe, & J. Morrissey (Eds.), Handbook of Professional and Ethical Practice for Psychologists, Counsellors and Psychotherapists (310-321). Hove: Routledge

Book chapter

Perception and human information processing in visual search (2015)
Book Chapter
Cain, M. S., Clark, K., Cain, M., & Mitroff, S. R. (2015). Perception and human information processing in visual search. In R. R. Hoffman, P. A. Hancock, M. W. Scerbo, R. Parasuraman, & J. L. Szalma (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research (199-217). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973017.016

© Cambridge University Press 2015. Visual search is the process of finding specific target items within an environment using particular visual features or prior knowledge. Searches can be as easy as finding your friend with purple hair in a lecture h... Read More about Perception and human information processing in visual search.

Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy (2015)
Book Chapter
Clegg, P. (2015). Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy. In J. West (Ed.), South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2016 (33-39). Abingdon: Routledge

Nineteen countries in the Caribbean region (from the Cayman Islands in the west to Martinique in the east, and from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the north to French Guiana in the south, plus Bermuda, located in the West Atlantic but often grouped... Read More about Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy.

Thematic analysis (2015)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., Braun, V., & Hayfield, N. (2015). Thematic analysis. In J. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods (222-248). London: Sage Publications Ltd

The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding (2015)
Book Chapter
Pennington, C., & Norris, E. (2015). The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding. In E. Norris (Ed.), A Guide for Psychology Postgraduates: Surviving Postgraduate Study (50-54). British Psychological Society

To postgraduates, a PhD may seem like an ideal opportunity to improve research skills prior to future work. However, the application process is a competitive and often challenging experience. This article seeks to de-mystify some of the common questi... Read More about The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding.

Why do you lock me up since you think that I will never be good to come out? Better kill me-it is cheaper! (2015)
Book Chapter
Karamalidou, A. (2015). Why do you lock me up since you think that I will never be good to come out? Better kill me-it is cheaper!. In A. Karamalidou, & A. Spurgeon-Dickson (Eds.), The Prison At The Crossroads. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press

At a time when the euro crisis publicly engulfs the European identity in a political and ontological crisis, out of the public eye the European Court of Human Rights has commenced its deliberations on Vinter and Others v. United Kingdom following a h... Read More about Why do you lock me up since you think that I will never be good to come out? Better kill me-it is cheaper!.

Art and music therapy in cancer care (2015)
Book Chapter
Mitchell, F., & Bunt, L. (2015). Art and music therapy in cancer care. In D. Wyatt, & N. Hulbert-Williams (Eds.), Cancer and Cancer Care. Los Angeles: Sage

Using thematic analysis in psychology (2014)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2014). Using thematic analysis in psychology. In B. Gough (Ed.), Qualitative research in psychology. London: SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely-acknowledged, yet widely-used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically-flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We o... Read More about Using thematic analysis in psychology.

Pentecostal churches and homosexuality (2014)
Book Chapter
Hunt, S. (2014). Pentecostal churches and homosexuality. In A. Thatcher (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Not researching where we grew up (2014)
Book Chapter
Maile, S. (2014). Not researching where we grew up. In C. Clarke, M. Broussine, & L. Watts (Eds.), Researching with Feeling: The Emotional Aspects of Social and Organisational Research (111-125). London: Routledge

Preface (2014)
Book Chapter
McCartan, K. (2014). Preface. In K. McCartan (Ed.), Responding to Sexual Offending: Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection (viii-xii). Palgrave Macmillan