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Mirror, mirror on the wall… which one of the healthcare team am I

WEBIn this article, Policy Adviser Michael Warren outlines some of the themes and challenges that arise from the Professional Standards Authority’s work on …

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Sociology of Cancer: A Decade of Research

WEBKerr, A. , Ross, E. , Jacques, G. and Cunningham‐Burley, S. (2018), The sociology of cancer: a decade of research. Sociol Health Illn, 40: 552-576. doi: …

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Honesty is the best policy in healthcare, but how to make it a …

WEBOne discussion participant talked about how the process of being candid has the capacity to be a ‘cathartic’ experience and can feel like a ‘weight lifted’. Generally, …

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Making connections for healthcare professionals

WEBOne of the major challenges facing healthcare providers at the moment is the increasing complexity of people’s healthcare needs. Sociological concepts such as …

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The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness

WEBScholars in the field of medical sociology, and various related disciplines including the sociology of healthcare, mental illness and science and technology studies, …

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Culture and Cognition: New Approaches and New Applications – A …

WEBThis is an excerpt from the special issue introduction by Vanina Leschziner and Karen Cerulo. Click here to read their full editorial. It has been 25 years since Paul …

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Socialising with higher-status people, is it bad for mental health

WEBIn the findings of the study, socializing with higher-status people was positively associated with depressive symptoms, which means that it was bad for mental …

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Illness or Deviance: A Contested Space Between Criminal Justice …

WEBFoucault wrote that the nineteenth century ushered in a new way to inspect the body; recognizing that medical personnel had placed the patient under “perpetual …

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Agency and structure: the impact of ethnic identity and racism on …

WEBPowerful people have a significant impact on our lives. Not only can their decisions affect our access to wealth, and consequent well-being, but their influence …

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Social and Cultural Components of Obesity

WEBRecent California statistics by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation expose a contradiction plaguing weight loss initiatives in …

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Deinstitutionalization and the Criminal Justice System: An …

WEBStarting in the 1950s, the United States began to engage in the deinstitutionalization of state mental institutions. This involved removing severely …

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Exploring Homelessness: Causation and Measures of Eradication

WEBThe issue of homelessness is a sociological inquiry that has been relatively understudied, albeit the phenomenon’s unremitting development. According to Meanwell …

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Prisoners and Chronic Health Conditions: A Look at the Research

WEBChronic conditions are health conditions that have lasted or are expected to last twelve or more months and result in functional limitations and/or the need for …

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Researching Young People and the Social Construction of Youth

WEBNext time you read research about young people ask why is it focussing specifically on their age. It is still taken for granted that the process of maturing from a …

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'Cloud chasers' and 'substitutes': e-cigarettes, vaping subcultures …

WEBThe social meaning of e-cigarettes and vaping involves a vaping subculture, ideas about health through harm reduction, pleasure and community, as well as …

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Birth, Knowledge, and Social Class

WEBby theoryforthemasses A recent article in The New York Times explored the burgeoning popularity of homebirth among New Yorkers. Citing the success of the …

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A Safer and More Just Society: Policy and Projections of the 1967

WEBThe past year marked the 50th anniversary of the report by the U.S. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. The …

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Consequences of terror trials in NY: Re-traumatization and …

WEBConsequences of terror trials in NY: Re-traumatization and Revenge. by admin · 17th November 2009

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Orange Is the New Black: Reviewing Cultural Beliefs Surrounding …

WEB**Spoiler alert: This post includes plot points from throughout the first season of “Orange Is the New Black.” On July 11 th, Netflix released its newest original video …

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big data Archives

WEBIn early April, 2015, a self-driving car completed a 9 day cross country tour from San Francisco to New York City. During the 9 day adventure, the car was fully automated for …

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Cracking Down in Schools: Criminalizing Discipline

WEBIn January of 2010, the New York Civil Liberties Union, along with the national ACLU and law firm Dorsey & Whitney, filed a class action lawsuit against the …

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