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The social construction of birth

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1977
Birth is discussed as a socially mediated experience, with emphasis on the role of the hospital in defining reality. Childbirth preparation is suggested as providing ways of dealing with the institution rather than the birth experience per se. Some implications for maternal satisfaction and mother-child relationships of the hospital as controller and ...
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Social Constructions of Hypnosis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 1992
Both clinical and experimental views of hypnosis are social constructions that reflect the biases and interests of practitioners and scientists. Each perspective offers useful metaphors for hypnosis. Underlying clinical uses of the term hypnosis are states of mind associated with imaginative reverie and automatic behavior based on procedural knowledge.
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Social niche construction

Current Opinion in Psychology, 2016
Humans are niche constructors who create physical and social environments to which they adapt. The social niche construction approach to human behavior analyzes behavior as a strategy to further long-term self-interest given a specific institution-that is, a set of stable and predictable responses from others to one's own behavior.
Toshio, Yamagishi, Hirofumi, Hashimoto
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Behavior as a social construction

Behavioural Processes, 2001
Behavior analysis is examined from a social constructionist perspective. Constructionism is first defined and contrasted with a generic positivistic image of science. Behavior analysis, especially the matching law, is then viewed from both perspectives.
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Alcoholism: A Social Construct

Journal of Drug Issues, 1982
Alcoholism as a specific disease was discovered about 200 years ago in North America. The disease is thought to be characterized by loss of control over drinking and by certain “symptoms,” supposed to occur in a typical order during the “natural” history of the disease. The basic assumptions of the disease model are, however, untenable.
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The Self, Social Media, and Social Construction

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2012
The extent to which participation in social media should inform subsequent medical decisions raises a host of questions, among them foundational concerns of locating the self amidst social construc...
Meredith, Stark, Joseph J, Fins
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Social construction of episiotomy

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 1998
This article explores the meaning of episiotomy. A review of the literature examines the definition, procedure, perceptions and outcomes of episiotomy to create a better understanding for those using or experiencing its practice. The article highlights that episiotomy means more than just a cut in the perineum.
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Social Construction of Knowledge

1998
The term “social construction of knowledge” is introduced and a system is proposed that facilitates this process. Knowledge is based on information that may have to be retrieved from vast, dynamic and unknown information spaces. The goal of knowledge construction may be vague, such that the tasks to achieve it evolve incrementally as information is ...
Angi Voß, Thomas Kreifelts
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The social construction of Personhood

Social Thought, 1989
The current abortion controversy revolves around the opposing issues of a woman's self‐determination vs. the right of a fetus to be born. The thesis of this paper is that whether a fetus is aborted or delivered depends to a great degree on how social groups and individuals construct its nature. If the fetus is “constructed” as a person it will be born;
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