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Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view (2004)
Journal Article
Patel, T., Williams, C., & Marsh, P. (2004). Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view. Adoption & fostering, 28(1), 6-15

The importance of the cultural identity of a child awaiting adoption, in terms of ‘race’, religion and ethnic background, is the subject of continuing debate, and often controversial and heated discussion. In the article, Tina Patel, Catherine Willia... Read More about Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view.

The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications (2004)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C., Bull, P., & Martin, C. (2004). The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 8, 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2004.09.003

The role of perceived authority on the clinical behaviour and decisionmaking of midwives has received little research attention, largely due to the unavailability of a midwifery-specific measure of conformity. The current study investigated the facto... Read More about The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications.

Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make? (2004)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Bull, P. (2004). Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make?. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 8, 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2004.10.001

Hollins Martin [Social influence effects on midwives’ practice. Presentation at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, 10th–12th September, 2003: London] developed the Social Influence Scale for Midwifery (SIS-... Read More about Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make?.

Development of an improved rigid body of the foot (2004)
Journal Article
Liu, A., Nester, C., Ward, E., Howard, D., Derrick, T., Cocheba, J., & Patterson, P. (2004). Development of an improved rigid body of the foot. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 34(9),

Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution (2004)
Journal Article
Jiang, W., Liu, A., & Howard, D. (2004). Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 26(4), 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1191/0142331204tm124oa

The contribution of this paper is the introduction of three new pseudo-inverse formulations for the real-time control of foot-force distribution in multi-legged walking machines. Three alternative locomotion performance objectives are proposed for th... Read More about Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution.

An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients (2004)
Journal Article
Murphy, N. (2004). An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 11(4), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00727.x

Part of the community mental health nurse's (CMHN) role is the assessment of violence posed by clients. It explores factors such as the reduction of inpatient beds and the predictability of violent acts towards nursing staff. This study outlines how... Read More about An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients.

A Heideggerian hermeneutic study : the lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia (2004)
Thesis
Chang, K. A Heideggerian hermeneutic study : the lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

An increasing number of families are being invariably forced to take on the role of a caregiver to their relative with severe and persistent mental illness following the development of community psychiatry and a movement to deinstitutionalize ment... Read More about A Heideggerian hermeneutic study : the lived experiences of the Chinese family caregivers of relatives with severe and persistent mental illness in Malaysia.

Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs (2004)
Journal Article
Moore, K., & Miles, S. (2004). Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs. Addiction research & theory, 12(6), 507-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350412331323083

This article discusses the role of drug consumption in the lives of young ‘clubbers’. Arguing that debates over the consumption of drugs and youth transitions both serve to ‘problematise’ young people the suggestion is made that the role of drug cons... Read More about Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs.

A promising start? The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People: interim findings from the national evaluation (2004)
Report
Craig, G., Bolton, J., Garbutt, R., Hayes, G., McNamee, S., Sturgeon-Adams, L., …James, A. (2004). A promising start? The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People: interim findings from the national evaluation

This is a summary of the interim evaluation report of the National Evaluation of the Local Network Fund (LNF) for Children and Young People. It is based on data gathered during the first phase of the evaluation (between October 2002 to December 2003)... Read More about A promising start? The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People: interim findings from the national evaluation.