Nairn, Stephanie A
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Researchers and sociologists have argued the consequences of standardization vis-à-vis clinical practice guidelines are diverse and argue they should be explored empirically. Sociologists have also argued that "best evidence" for the development of clinical practice guidelines is not restricted to randomized controlled trials and that other forms o...
Steno, Anne Mia Jønsson, Alexandra Brandt Ryborg
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Through anthropological fieldwork among people with severe mental health disorders, this article focuses on these service users' interactions and relations with the professionals and with other service users at recovery-oriented housing facilities in Denmark. We discuss how recovery-oriented spaces designed for the service users may feel out of rea...
Moore, Timothy Zeeman, Laetitia
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Policy promotes the active participation of those with lived experience of mental health difficulties in UK NHS mental health services, from the level of collaborative care-planning to service delivery, leadership and development. However, research indicates different forms of resistance to the implementation of such service user involvement. This ...
Underwood, Mair Olivardia, Roberto
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a pathological preoccupation with muscularity characterised by negative body image, compulsive behaviours, and obsessive thoughts. Since its first identification academics have suggested that it is caused by sociocultural factors. Despite this there has been very little research exploring the role of sociocultural factors ...
Damhus, Christina Sadolin Brodersen, John Brandt Risør, Mette Bech
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Health (London, England : 1997)
In Denmark, due to the implementation of the Non-specific Symptoms and Signs of Cancer-Cancer Patient Pathway (NSSC-CPP), more people with symptoms such as fatigue and weight loss are informed that their symptoms might indicate cancer and they are referred to the pathway. But what do patients in the NSSC-CPP experience, in particular, with respect ...
Olson, Rebecca E Wen, Ek Xuan Staines, Zoe Goh, Felicia Marshall, Henry M
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Tobacco control policies reinforce a health imperative that positions citizens as duty-bound to manage their health by abstaining from or quitting smoking. Limited attention is paid to the repercussions - especially for lung screening - of anti-smoking rhetoric emphasising individual responsibility. Drawing on interviews with 27 long-term smokers i...
Miele, Francesco
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Health (London, England : 1997)
This paper contributes to challenging common behavioural or cognitive explanations for health and wellbeing outcomes, focussing on social practices through which people, with the help of other subjects, try to improve their health conditions. To renew the debate about health promotion, my work is placed at the intersection between the sociology of ...
Touati, Nassera Rodríguez, Charo Moreault, Marie-Pierre Sicotte, Claude Lapointe, Liette
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Health (London, England : 1997)
This research aimed to better understand how institutions are maintained, and the role of materiality in this institutional work. More specifically, the present qualitative case study analyzed how different actors in a large academic hospital in Canada worked together (i.e. accomplished institutional work) to maintain the institution of medical rec...
Hogan, Beverly Drentea, Patricia
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Health (London, England : 1997)
Prior research suggests that caring is in tension with a financially incentivized, technologically-driven healthcare system. Nevertheless, employers, the public, and nurses expect nurses to be caring when providing care to patients and families. This article focuses on nurses' emotional labor strategies when managing emotions related to organizatio...
Lehtinen, Maarit Voutilainen, Liisa Peräkylä, Anssi
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Health (London, England : 1997)
What does it mean to claim that somebody's personality is disordered? The aim in this paper is to examine how the process of diagnosing personality disorders (PD) unfolds on a practical level. We take an in-depth look at PD interviews, paying close attention to the occasional discrepancies in the clinicians' and the patients' approaches to generali...
