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User involvement in UK cancer services: Bridging the policy gap (2003)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., Barley, V., Evans, S., Tritter, J., Mcneill, J., Palmer, N., …Turton, P. (2003). User involvement in UK cancer services: Bridging the policy gap. European Journal of Cancer Care, 12(4), 331-338. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00431.x

Recent UK government initiatives aim to increase user involvement in the National Health Service (NHS) in two ways: by encouraging service users to take an active role in making decisions about their own care; and by establishing opportunities for wi... Read More about User involvement in UK cancer services: Bridging the policy gap.

Professional Advocacy as a Force for Resistance in Child Welfare (2003)
Journal Article
Dalrymple, J. (2003). Professional Advocacy as a Force for Resistance in Child Welfare. British Journal of Social Work, 33(8), 1043-1062. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.8.1043

The development of child and youth advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon, increasingly recognized by both practitioners and politicians as a way of establishing communication spaces for young people who are looked after in state care. Literature... Read More about Professional Advocacy as a Force for Resistance in Child Welfare.

Lesbian and gay marriage: Transformation or normalisation? (2003)
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Clarke, V. (2003). Lesbian and gay marriage: Transformation or normalisation?. Feminism and Psychology, 13(4), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535030134016

Although there are still a number of vocal anti-marriage critics (e.g. Robson, 1998; Warner, 1999), most lesbians and gay men writing about marriage support the extension of marriage rights. It is hardly surprising, then, that the three books I revi... Read More about Lesbian and gay marriage: Transformation or normalisation?.

Progress theatre (2003)
Journal Article
Baker, K. (2003). Progress theatre. Midirs Midwifery Digest, 13(4),

35 years on: To what extent has software engineering design achieved its goals? (2003)
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Parmee, I. C., Simons, C., & Coward, P. D. (2003). 35 years on: To what extent has software engineering design achieved its goals?. IEE Proceedings Software, 150(6), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-sen%3A20031198

The term 'software engineering' was coined in 1968 to introduce the disciplines of established branches of engineering design to software manufacture. Some 35 years on, this paper attempts to gauge the success of software engineering against its orig... Read More about 35 years on: To what extent has software engineering design achieved its goals?.

Bridging the gap between business models and system models (2003)
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Kamm, R., & Odeh, M. (2003). Bridging the gap between business models and system models. Information and Software Technology, 45(15), 1053-1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-5849%2803%2900133-2

This paper discusses links that may be made between process models and Unified Modelling Language (UML) software specification techniques, working from an argument that the whole complexity of organisational activity cannot be captured by UML alone.... Read More about Bridging the gap between business models and system models.

Hybrid heuristics for planning lot setups and sizes (2003)
Journal Article
Clark, A. (2003). Hybrid heuristics for planning lot setups and sizes. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 45(4), 545-562. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-8352%2803%2900073-1

The planning of a canning line at a drinks manufacturer is discussed and formulated as a mathematical programming model. Several alternative heuristic solution methods are developed, tested and compared on real data, illustrating the trade-offs betwe... Read More about Hybrid heuristics for planning lot setups and sizes.

From Leisure and Disability to Disability Leisure: Developing data, definitions and discourses (2003)
Journal Article
Aitchison, C. (2003). From Leisure and Disability to Disability Leisure: Developing data, definitions and discourses. Disability and Society, 18(7), 955-969. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968759032000127353

Although both disability studies and leisure studies have grown to become influential subject fields in their own right, there has been little discursive exchange between the two fields. This article seeks to address these equally significant gaps in... Read More about From Leisure and Disability to Disability Leisure: Developing data, definitions and discourses.