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Learning as a lived and living process-reflexivity in research in the light of Bion and Bergson (2003)
Journal Article
Crociani-Windland, L. (2003). Learning as a lived and living process-reflexivity in research in the light of Bion and Bergson. Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 2(1),

This paper takes its starting point from diary notes of a moment of reflection in fieldwork based research. This episode highlights the need for the researcher to bring renewed attention to her own cultural background asking for assumptions of knowl... Read More about Learning as a lived and living process-reflexivity in research in the light of Bion and Bergson.

Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions (2003)
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Clarke, A., Rumsey, N., Collin, J. R., & Wyn-Williams, M. (2003). Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions. Eye, 17(1), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6700234

Purpose of study. Visible disfigurement is associated with a range of psychosocial difficulties; however, the problems encountered by patients with eye conditions are under-researched. This study aimed to establish the extent and type of psychosocial... Read More about Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions.

Children's understanding of social rules and social status (2003)
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Nobes, G., & Pawson, C. (2003). Children's understanding of social rules and social status. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49(1), 77-99. https://doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2003.0005

Children's understanding of social rules and authority was investigated by asking 4-9 year-olds (N = 129) about stories in which the status (adult or child) of rule inventors, transgressors, and changers was varied. The rules were conventions invente... Read More about Children's understanding of social rules and social status.

Disfigurement – neglected in primary care? (2003)
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Charlton, R., Rumsey, N., Partridge, J., Barlow, J., & Saul, K. (2003). Disfigurement – neglected in primary care?. British Journal of General Practice, 53(486), 6-8

A pilot study of users' experiences of urinary catheter drainage bags. (2003)
Journal Article
Fraczyk, L., Feneley, R., & Godfrey, H. (2003). A pilot study of users' experiences of urinary catheter drainage bags. British Journal of Community Nursing, 8(3), 104-111. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2003.8.3.11095

Despite the wealth of literature focused on the management of people living in the community with long-term indwelling urinary catheters, little attention has been paid to their impact on daily life. In a pilot study, a purposive sample of people wit... Read More about A pilot study of users' experiences of urinary catheter drainage bags..

Open-mindedness: a virtue for professional practice. (2003)
Journal Article
Sellman, D. (2003). Open-mindedness: a virtue for professional practice. Nursing Philosophy, 4(1), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1466-769X.2003.00113.x

This paper introduces the notion of open-mindedness before proceeding to outline its value to the practical activity of nursing. An argument is constructed to point to the desirability of the development of a virtue of open-mindedness in nurses in or... Read More about Open-mindedness: a virtue for professional practice..

Can the magnocellular pathway read? Evidence from studies of color (2003)
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Chase, C., Ashourzadeh, A., Kelly, C., Monfette, S., & Kinsey, K. (2003). Can the magnocellular pathway read? Evidence from studies of color. Vision Research, 43(10), 1211-1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989%2803%2900085-3

A review of the neurophysiological literature suggests that the magnocellular pathway has adequate spatial-frequency and contrast sensitivity to perceive text under normal contrast conditions (>10%) and also is suppressed by red light. Results from t... Read More about Can the magnocellular pathway read? Evidence from studies of color.

Divided care and the Third Way: User involvement in statutory and voluntary sector cancer services (2003)
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Barley, V., Tritter, J., Barley, V., Daykin, N., Evans, S., McNeill, J., …Turton, P. (2003). Divided care and the Third Way: User involvement in statutory and voluntary sector cancer services. Sociology of Health and Illness, 25(5), 429-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.00353

In health care, as in much of the public sphere, the voluntary sector is playing an increasingly large role in the funding, provision and delivery of services and nowhere is this more apparent than in cancer care. Simultaneously the growth of privati... Read More about Divided care and the Third Way: User involvement in statutory and voluntary sector cancer services.

'Taking public health out of the ghetto': The policy and practice of multi-disciplinary public health in the United Kingdom (2003)
Journal Article
Evans, D. (2003). 'Taking public health out of the ghetto': The policy and practice of multi-disciplinary public health in the United Kingdom. Social Science and Medicine, 57(6), 959-967. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536%2802%2900473-2

Until recently, a medical qualification was required for senior public health posts in the UK National Health Service. Since 1997, the new Labour government has expressed its intention to take public health 'out of the ghetto' and to develop multi-di... Read More about 'Taking public health out of the ghetto': The policy and practice of multi-disciplinary public health in the United Kingdom.