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The lived-experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives (2006)
Journal Article
Horrocks, S., & Chang, K. (2006). The lived-experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53(4), 435-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03732.x

AIM: The aim of this paper is to report a study conducted to explore the meanings of the lived experiences that Chinese family caregivers in Malaysia ascribed to the care they provided to relatives with severe and persistent mental illness.
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Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care (2006)
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Ormandy, P., Haigh, C., & Solomon, J. (2006). Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care. Salford, UK

In 2002, a team of researchers from the School of Nursing, University of Salford were commissioned by Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust to evaluate the delivery and organisation of patient-centred nursing care across the acute nursing wards within the Royal... Read More about Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care.

Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine? (2006)
Journal Article
Adam, A. (2006). Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?. Ethics and Information Technology, 7(4), 233 - 242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-006-0013-3

This paper addresses the question of delegation of morality to a machine, through a consideration of whether or not non-humans can be considered to be moral. The aspect of morality under consideration here is protection of privacy. The topic is intro... Read More about Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?.

Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge (2006)
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Taylor, C. (2006). Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge. British Journal of Social Work, 36(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch269

Notwithstanding the rise of evidence-based practice, other tendencies within social work scholarship are also discernible. One of these is the study of the everyday, routine accomplishment of practice, drawing on microsociological methods and techniq... Read More about Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge.

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.

Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (2006)
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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.

Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics (2006)
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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.

Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population (2006)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P. (2006). Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population. International Journal of Health Services, 36(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.2190/EE2N-4A1Q-ARVD-XN05

In debates on pensions and retirement age, little attention has been paid to the relation between increased effective retirement age and the health of the older population. This article focuses on Britain at a crucial point in the past, when the reco... Read More about Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population.

Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups (2006)
Journal Article
Harlow, E., & Shardlow, S. (2006). Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups. Child and Family Social Work, 11(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00392.x

Founded on an evaluative review of core group practice in a northern metropolitan borough of England, this paper highlights the tensions and difficulties that might inhibit the quality of post-registration services to children and their families. Ins... Read More about Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups.

Involving young service users in as co-researchers: possibilities, benefits and costs (2006)
Journal Article
McLaughlin, H. (2006). Involving young service users in as co-researchers: possibilities, benefits and costs. British Journal of Social Work, 36(8), 1395-1410. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch420

This article seeks to contribute to the debate concerning the benefits and costs of involving young service users in research. The paper locates involvement within a continuum of consultation, collaboration and user-controlled research. The mandate f... Read More about Involving young service users in as co-researchers: possibilities, benefits and costs.

Developing employability skills : peer assessment in higher education (2006)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2006). Developing employability skills : peer assessment in higher education. Education and Training, 48(7), 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910610705890

Purpose – Reports examining graduate employment issues suggest that employers are concerned by the lack of employability skills exhibited by entry-level job applications. It is also suggested that employers consider it the responsibility of education... Read More about Developing employability skills : peer assessment in higher education.

Learning style and student self-assessment skill (2006)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2006). Learning style and student self-assessment skill. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910610651791

Purpose – In the light of the growing emphasis on independent learning and non-technical skills in education and employment, the study aims to examine the relevance of learning style to student self-assessment skill.
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