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Morals, Markets, and Medicine

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well‐being. How have sociologists made sense of this apparent contradiction?
Guillermina Altomonte, Eliza Brown
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Ideas Get in the Way of Policy Change? A Comparative Study of Homelessness Policy in Toronto and Montréal, Canada

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While structural factors such as the allocation of resources and responsibilities have traditionally been seen as the key determinants of policy change and stability, the ideas of the people responsible for managing these resources can be just as consequential, especially in value‐laden policy areas such as combating homelessness.
Nienke Boesveldt
wiley   +1 more source

Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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