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To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy (2006)
Journal Article
Fallon, D. (2006). To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy. Nursing Inquiry, 13(3), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00328.x

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been evident in disciplines such as sociology and cultural studies for many years, and is of increasing interest to nurse scholars internationally. This paper outlines what CDA is and how it might be used as an a... Read More about To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy.

Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom (2006)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2006). Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom. Ambulatory Surgery, 12(3), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ambsur.2005.09.003

Background: The amount of surgery undertaken within United Kingdom Day Surgery Units has risen considerably over the past 15–20 years. Throughout this pioneering era, nursing roles and responsibilities within the modern surgical environment have deve... Read More about Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom.

Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (2006)
Journal Article
Mair, M., Barlow, A., Woods, S., Kierans, C., Milton, B., & Porcellato, L. (2006). Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002

Smoking remains a major problem among young people in Europe. However, within the research community examining the issue, debate continues about the best way of assessing the extent of that problem. Questions have been raised about the extent to whic... Read More about Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people.

A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children (2006)
Journal Article
Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2006). A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children. Human Development, 49(6), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1159/000096531

The pattern of parent-child correlations in adoption studies has long been interpreted to suggest substantial additive genetic variance underlying variance in IQ. The studies have frequently been criticized on methodological grounds, but those critic... Read More about A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children.

A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children (2006)
Journal Article
Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2006). A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children. Human Development, 49(6), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1159/000096531

The pattern of parent-child correlations in adoption studies has long been interpreted to suggest substantial additive genetic variance underlying variance in IQ. The studies have frequently been criticized on methodological grounds, but those critic... Read More about A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children.

Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities (2006)
Journal Article
Zampieron, A., Elseviers, M., Ormandy, P., Vlaminck, H., de Vos, J., Kafkia, T., …Harrington, M. (2006). Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities

This paper describes a study to capture the key roles and activities of nephrology nurses across different countries in Europe. The concept of the study and the need to clarify the activities of the nephrology nurse arose as part of a larger study to... Read More about Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities.

Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics (2006)
Journal Article
Elseviers, M., de Vos, J., Harrington, M., Zampieron, A., Ormandy, P., & Kafkia, T. (2006). Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics

The European Practice Database (EPD) contains data from 8 countries including 276 centres and 21,861 dialysis patients. Comparing patients and centre characteristics, remarkable similarities and pronounced differences in renal practice between differ... Read More about Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics.

Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education (2006)
Journal Article
Horrocks, S. (2006). Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education. Nurse Education Today, 26(1), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.06.005

We are only beginning to understand the significance and consequences of how the era of Quality Assurance Mechanisms is effecting nurse education. This paper argues that the later philosophy of Heidegger can teach us a lot regarding the underlying ‘c... Read More about Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education.

Muslimer i faengsel: barometer for der britiske straffesystem og de etniske relationer? (2006)
Book Chapter
Quraishi, M. (2006). Muslimer i faengsel: barometer for der britiske straffesystem og de etniske relationer?. In L. Kühle, & C. Lomholt (Eds.), Straffens menneskelige ansigt? en antologi om etik, ret og religion i faengslet (Straffens human face: an anthology of ethics, law and religion in prison). Frederiksberg, Denmark: Forlaget ANIS