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Older women's understanding of elder abuse: Quality relationships and the ‘stresses of caregiving’ (2002)
Journal Article

Specifically feminist perspectives are largely absent from the developing discourse of elder abuse in the United Kingdom. This paper describes how focus groups were used to gather older women's understandings and experiences of elder abuse. A perspec... Read More about Older women's understanding of elder abuse: Quality relationships and the ‘stresses of caregiving’.

Social capital and health: Measuring and understanding social capital at a local level could help to tackle health inequalities more effectively (2002)
Journal Article

This paper examines whether an understanding of the concept of social capital and its local measurement can help to tackle inequalities in health within and across communities. The paper concludes that the concept of social capital offers a valuable... Read More about Social capital and health: Measuring and understanding social capital at a local level could help to tackle health inequalities more effectively.

The construction of a modern epidemic: The implications for women of the gendering of coronary heart disease (2002)
Journal Article

Aim. This aim of this paper is to examine critically the implications for women of a gendered construction of coronary heart disease. Design. The paper takes the form of a literature review between 1969 and 2002 of nursing, medical and social science... Read More about The construction of a modern epidemic: The implications for women of the gendering of coronary heart disease.

Enhancing user involvement through interprofessional education in healthcare: The case of cancer services (2002)
Journal Article

Recent developments in UK health policy seek to place the service user at the centre of service delivery, although user involvement is a complex and challenging process. This paper explores the contribution of interprofessional (IP) education to user... Read More about Enhancing user involvement through interprofessional education in healthcare: The case of cancer services.

Concentrations of cadmium, zinc and copper in sediments and brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, UK (2002)
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Cd, Zn and Cu levels were determined in sediments and Crangon crangon from 9 sites in the Severn Estuary/Bristol Channel during winter 1999. Metal levels in both shrimp and sediments varied significantly between sites and were related to proximity of... Read More about Concentrations of cadmium, zinc and copper in sediments and brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, UK.