ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
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Perspectives of religious beliefs and family planning by religious leaders and young women: results from a qualitative study of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. [PDF]
Maytan-Joneydi A +6 more
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
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Healthcare career pathways: a case study of strengthening health workforce and empowering marginalised women in Bihar, India. [PDF]
Narang J, Ratcliff C, Kanth V.
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Yes, Friendship and Love Can Be Bought and Sold
ABSTRACT Can friendship and love be bought and sold? I argue yes, contrary to philosophical consensus. The prevailing view rests on the common error of over‐reliance on idealized conceptions of friendship and love that bear little resemblance to actual relationships.
Simone Sommer Degn
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Pattern of couples' childbearing behaviors: a focused ethnographic study in Iran. [PDF]
Safdari-Dehcheshmeh F +3 more
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Prevalence, Determinants, and Barriers to Reproductive Health Decision-Making Autonomy Among Married Women in Rural Parts of Seden Sodo District, Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study. [PDF]
Gobena S +4 more
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ABSTRACT Deliberate Practice (DP) is a model of behavioral skill acquisition structured by several key tasks. The past decade has shown a consistent growth in interest in this form of learning for psychotherapy skills, with promising research suggesting DP training is superior to traditional learning methods of psychotherapy. This paper presents a case
Dan Sacks
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Gompertz proportional hazards survival analysis of time to first birth among childbearing women in Somaliland (2020): a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Hussein MA +7 more
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