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Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care (2007)
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Daykin, N., McClean, S., & Bunt, L. (2007). Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care. Health, 11(3), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307077548

This article reports on findings from a study of the accounts of people participating in music therapy as part of a programme of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in supportive cancer care. The article outlines the perceived effects of mus... Read More about Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care.

Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health (2007)
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Orme, J., de Viggiani, N., Naidoo, J., & Knight, T. (2007). Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health. Public Health, 121(6), 414-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.005

This paper examines the complex interconnections between the development of health promotion and multidisciplinary public health, respectively. Health promotion takes a distinctive interdisciplinary and multiprofessional perspective on health. Histor... Read More about Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health.

Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England (2007)
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Evans, D., & Adams, L. (2007). Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England. Public Health, 121(6), 426-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.006

In 2001, the English Department of Health announced a radical re-organisation of the NHS under the banner of 'shifting the balance of power'. As part of this re-organisation health authorities were abolished and the main NHS public health responsibil... Read More about Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England.

Trainees' experiences of multidisciplinary public health training schemes in England (2007)
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Pilkington, P., Dowling, S., J Barnes, G., Lindfield, T., & Pritchard, A. (2007). Trainees' experiences of multidisciplinary public health training schemes in England. Public Health, 121(6), 432-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.007

From 1999 onwards most English NHS regions launched multidisciplinary public health training schemes. These schemes were open to those from backgrounds other than medicine and followed on from the announcement of a new multidisciplinary Public Health... Read More about Trainees' experiences of multidisciplinary public health training schemes in England.

The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment (2007)
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Cole, P. (2007). The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(2), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00369.x

© Society for Applied Philosophy, 2007. In her critique of the social model of disability, Lorella Terzi argues that it oversocialises disability, and that some kind of connection must be made between disability and bodily impairment. In this paper I... Read More about The body politic: Theorising disability and impairment.

Users' views of prison health services: A qualitative study (2007)
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Condon, L., Hek, G., Harris, F., Powell, J., Kemple, T., & Price, S. (2007). Users' views of prison health services: A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(3), 216-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04221.x

Aim. This paper is a report of a study of the views of prisoners about health services provided in prisons. Background. Prison provides an opportunity for a 'hard to reach' group to access health services, primarily those provided by nurses. Prisoner... Read More about Users' views of prison health services: A qualitative study.

Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice (2007)
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Cole, P. (2007). Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice. Journal of Medical Ethics, 33(5), 269-272. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2005.014829

The UK government has recently taken steps to exclude certain groups of migrants from free treatment under the National Health Service, most controversially from treatment for HIV. Whether this discrimination can have any coherent ethical basis is qu... Read More about Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice.

Development of a novel electrochemical immuno-assay using a screen printed electrode for the determination of secretory immunoglobulin A in human sweat (2007)
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Cowell, D. C., Crew, A. P., Alford, C., & Hart, J. P. (2007). Development of a novel electrochemical immuno-assay using a screen printed electrode for the determination of secretory immunoglobulin A in human sweat. Electrochimica Acta, 52(16), 5232-5237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2007.02.035

This paper reports on the steps involved in the development of a novel electrochemical immunoassay for secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) determinations in human sweat. This novel immunoassay involves an initial step whereby sweat sIgA is adsorbed ont... Read More about Development of a novel electrochemical immuno-assay using a screen printed electrode for the determination of secretory immunoglobulin A in human sweat.

Doing synchronous online focus groups with young people: Methodological reflections (2007)
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Fox, F. E., Morris, M., & Rumsey, N. (2007). Doing synchronous online focus groups with young people: Methodological reflections. Qualitative Health Research, 17(4), 539-547. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732306298754

Although online focus groups are emerging as a worthwhile methodological approach for qualitative researchers, reporting has been constrained in several ways. The majority of studies report asynchronous groups, whereas others employ synchronous excha... Read More about Doing synchronous online focus groups with young people: Methodological reflections.

Should I go or should I stay? A study of factors influencing students' decisions on early leaving (2007)
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Glogowska, M., Young, P., & Lockyer, L. (2007). Should I go or should I stay? A study of factors influencing students' decisions on early leaving. Active Learning in Higher Education, 8(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787407074115

The article reports on selected findings from a multi-method research project on student retention on a nursing programme. Although the research identified some factors specific to the experiences of students on the particular programme, this article... Read More about Should I go or should I stay? A study of factors influencing students' decisions on early leaving.

Slippery slopes and the queer parenting Armageddon: normalising and radical responses to arguments about the importance of maternal and paternal influences in childrearing (2007)
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Clarke, V. (2007). Slippery slopes and the queer parenting Armageddon: normalising and radical responses to arguments about the importance of maternal and paternal influences in childrearing

In this commentary, I respond to Sir Mark Potter’s assertions about the importance of marriage as an institution and of maternal and paternal influences in childrearing. These are well-worn justifications for the denial of lesbian and gay rights, par... Read More about Slippery slopes and the queer parenting Armageddon: normalising and radical responses to arguments about the importance of maternal and paternal influences in childrearing.

The effects of swaddling on oxygen saturation and respiratory rate of healthy infants in Mongolia (2007)
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Narangerel, G., Pollock, J., Manaseki-Holland, S., & Henderson, J. (2007). The effects of swaddling on oxygen saturation and respiratory rate of healthy infants in Mongolia. Acta Paediatrica, 96(2), 261-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00123.x

Background: Infant swaddling is common practice in some developing countries where infant respiratory morbidity is also prevalent. Little is known about the effect of swaddling on respiratory variables in healthy infants. Such information could have... Read More about The effects of swaddling on oxygen saturation and respiratory rate of healthy infants in Mongolia.

Sexual abuse in childhood, alcohol consumption and relationships with a partner (2007)
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Plant, M., Miller, P., & Plant, M. (2007). Sexual abuse in childhood, alcohol consumption and relationships with a partner. Journal of Substance Use, 12(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659890601010282

This article reports some of the findings from a survey of 2027 British adults that was conducted during 2000. A previous analysis of findings showed a tendency for those who had previously been sexually abused to have higher levels of current substa... Read More about Sexual abuse in childhood, alcohol consumption and relationships with a partner.