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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Mosty zamiast murów – socjologia medycyny przykładem udanej (?) interdyscyplinarnej współpracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Medical sociology has now become one of the most dynamic, resilient and promising subdisciplines of sociology. The purpose of the article is to present it as an interdisciplinary science, with a double frame of reference (sociology, medicine).While ...
Doroszewska, Antonina, Sadowska, Anna
core   +1 more source

Sociology of low expectations: Recalibration as innovation work in biomedicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
"This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the ...
Brown Nik   +11 more
core   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Public perception of health technologies: an exploratory spatial mapping of risks, benefits, and value attributions

open access: yesFrontiers in Digital Health
PurposeThe social acceptance of health technologies is crucial for the effectiveness and sustainability of healthcare systems amid the demographic change.
Philipp Brauner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How do physicians from two generations communicate with each other?

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2022
There is no leadership without communication. This is especially paramount in hospitals to guarantee optimal processes and teamwork. But do physicians belonging to younger generations, the so-called Generation Y, need another approach to leadership and ...
Sabina C. Heuss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of the Study of Medical Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This 1894 article by a physician discusses the relationshp between the medical profession and the general field of ...
McIntire, Charles
core   +1 more source

Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Support and Women’s Health [PDF]

open access: yesWomen’s Health Bulletin, 2015
Context: Social relations have been found to affect different aspects of people’s life. This article is a systematic review of attempts to consider the social support as a major determinant of health during life span.
Aliyar Ahmadi
doaj   +1 more source

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