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Shadow writing and participant observation : a study of criminal justice social work around sentencing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The study of decision-making by public officials in administrative settings has been a mainstay of law and society scholarship for decades. The methodological challenges posed by this research agenda are well understood: how can socio-legal researchers ...
Burns, Nicola   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Lived and Care Experiences of Chronic Musculoskeletal Shoulder Pain in Australian Adults: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Australian evidence on lived and care experiences of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain (CMSP), irrespective of disorder classification or disease, is limited. However, such evidence is important for person‐centered care and informing local service pathways and care guidelines or standards.
Sonia Ranelli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative Medicine: Improving Patient Care and Shifting Office Culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Chronic pain and depression are both prevalent in the Unites States and often co-exist in the same population. According to the literature, there is no consensus between providers as to the best practice of treating chronic pain and concomitant ...
Qumsiyeh, Yazen, Shatten, Julia
core   +2 more sources

Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Shaping of Subjectivity and Biographies of Individuals in the Face of the Transformations of a Neo-Modern Society: An Introduction

open access: yesPrzeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej
The presented text is an introduction to other articles included in this issue, which were prepared for the purpose of publishing the methodological and the historical-theoretical parts of the results of the research grant.
Kamila Biały   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Interplay of Learning, Creativity and Narrative Biography in a Mental Health Setting: Bertie's Story [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper describes selected findings from a research study exploring the use of a basic literacy/creative writing course provided in a community setting for adults with long-term mental health difficulties.
Sagan, Olivia
core   +1 more source

Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Interview Archive "Youth in the 20th Century" at the POSOPA e.V.

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2000
The first part of the contribution briefly describes POSOPA e.V., the organizing institution of the archives and its corpus of interviews. The POSOPA e.V.
Roland Gröschel
doaj  

Evaluation of oral histories and life stories [PDF]

open access: yesGlasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2018
Oral histories and life stories, as specific “documents of life” (K. Plummer) and narrative forms, have hybrid genre structure, a particular relation to reality, and the process of their evaluation poses different methodological questions.
Petrović Sonja
doaj   +1 more source

STORIES FROM THE OLD WEST END OF BOSTON: AN ANALYSIS OF EVALUATIVE DEVICES IN ORAL NARRATIVE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The following presents an overview of various evaluative devices found in a series of oral narratives from former residents of the West End of Boston, Massachusetts.
Platt, Melanie N
core   +1 more source

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