Outputs (1082)

Review of "Forensic Psychology: Emerging topics and expanding roles" (2007)
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Cross-cultural clinical judgment bias in personality disorder diagnosis by forensic psychiatrists in the UK: A case-vignette study (2007)
Journal Article

Previous research in the UK has suggested that cross-cultural bias in personality disorder diagnosis might partly account for the smaller proportion of Black, relative to White, patients with personality disorder in secure psychiatric hospitals. Usin... Read More about Cross-cultural clinical judgment bias in personality disorder diagnosis by forensic psychiatrists in the UK: A case-vignette study.

Women's perceptions of feeding their children using breast milk and formula milk: an online Q-methodological study (2007)
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Trait, state and psi: an exploration of the interaction between individual differences, state preference and psi performance in the ganzfeld and a waking ESP control (2007)
Journal Article

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service as a catalyst for change: Myths and realities of the implementation of the NHS user involvement agenda (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Private passions, the public good and public service reform (2006)
Journal Article

There has been considerable recent discussion of the impact of public service reforms on the work ethics and motivations of public service workers. In this article we draw upon recent research on the ethical dilemmas facing regeneration workers in or... Read More about Private passions, the public good and public service reform.

The obsession with outputs: Over regulation and the impact on the emotional identities of public service professionals (2006)
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This paper draws upon research on the ways in which public service professionals working with disadvantaged communities, manage the ethical dilemmas and emotional tensions experienced in role. We view the public sphere as a dilemmatic space and the e... Read More about The obsession with outputs: Over regulation and the impact on the emotional identities of public service professionals.

A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health (2006)
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This paper explores recent developments in prison public health, recommending that future prison health policies and practices become more 'upstream' in their outlook and approach. It is argued that this will require much firmer acknowledgement of th... Read More about A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health.

'We do not use the word "crisis" lightly...': Sexual health policy in the United Kingdom (2006)
Journal Article

At the turn of the twenty-first century, health professionals, the media and politicians identified 'sexual health' as a policy problem in the UK. Despite publication in 2001 of a National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV for England, in 2003 the H... Read More about 'We do not use the word "crisis" lightly...': Sexual health policy in the United Kingdom.

Guest editorial: UKPHA mini symposium (2006)
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The paradigm shift: Training a diverse group of non-professionals to deliver behaviour change with clients (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage (2006)
Journal Article

Studies in the 1980s and 1990s revealed that financial arrangements in marriage tended to disadvantage women, especially those with young children. However, much of that research focused upon relatively well-established married (or remarried) couples... Read More about 'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage.

Identity and change: Youth working in transition (2006)
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Rethinking participation and childhood in the context of communities and everyday life (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers (2006)
Journal Article

This paper explores the role of music activity and music therapy in health care drawing on a survey of UK cancer care providers offering music interventions and music therapy. The survey examined the extent and type of music provision and explored pr... Read More about Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers.

Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health (2006)
Journal Article

Prison social environments play an important role in the health of prisoners. How they respond to imprisonment is partially dependent upon how effectively they integrate into an institution’s social structure, learn to fit in with others and adapt to... Read More about Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health.

Identity, life history and commitment to welfare (2006)
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Using detailed extracts from two life histories, this article examines the nature of the personal identifications that often underpin the commitment of welfare workers to their jobs. We explore the paradox that it is those identifications such as cla... Read More about Identity, life history and commitment to welfare.

Ambiguity, containment, silence: Reporting encounters with young people as research subjects (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Beyond consultation participatory practices in everyday spaces (2006)
Journal Article

An ethnography of crystal and spiritual healers in Northern England: Marginal medicine and mainstream concerns (2006)
Book

This book provides an in-depth and ethnographic exploration into the use and practice of crystal and spiritual healing, therapies on the fringe of complementary medicine. Scant attention has been given to exploring more marginal complementary therapi... Read More about An ethnography of crystal and spiritual healers in Northern England: Marginal medicine and mainstream concerns.