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The feeling of being dressed: affect studies and the clothed body. (2016)
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RUGGERONE, L. 2017. The feeling of being dressed: affect studies and the clothed body. Fashion theory [online], 21(5), pages 573-593. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1362704X.2016.1253302

In sociological and cultural studies the relationship we have with our clothes has been mostly analyzed in terms of fashion and identity, with a focus on the ways in which we use clothing to represent ourselves to and in the world. The article argues... Read More about The feeling of being dressed: affect studies and the clothed body..

Temporalities of victimhood: time in the study of post-conflict societies. (2016)
Journal Article
MUELLER-HIRTH, N. 2017. Temporalities of victimhood: time in the study of post-conflict societies. Sociological forum [online], 32(1), pages 186-206. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.1232

Researchers in peace and conflict studies have rarely focused on time and temporality. This article seeks to extend the literature on the politics of victimhood by examining the context of a mature post-transition society, drawing on qualitative rese... Read More about Temporalities of victimhood: time in the study of post-conflict societies..

From cockpit to operating theatre to drilling rig floor: five principles for improving safety using simulator-based exercises to enhance team cognition. (2016)
Journal Article
CRICHTON, M.T. 2017. From cockpit to operating theatre to drilling rig floor: five principles for improving safety using simulator-based exercises to enhance team cognition. Cognition, technology and work [online], 19(1), pages 73-84. Available from: https//doi.org/10.1007/s10111-016-0396-9

For over 30 years, aviation has conducted training courses to enhance team performance and improve safety involving simulation with observation and directed feedback. Participants' performance is observed by trained and experienced observers who then... Read More about From cockpit to operating theatre to drilling rig floor: five principles for improving safety using simulator-based exercises to enhance team cognition..

Remote communities: promoting engagement in self-care. (2016)
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GIBSON SMITH, K., PAUDYAL, V., STEWART, D. and KLEIN, S. 2016. Remote communities: promoting engagement in self-care. Selfcare [online], 7(4), pages 1-9. Available from: http://selfcarejournal.com/article/remote-communities-promoting-engagement-self-care/

Behaviour change interventions which promote engagement in self-care may be utilised as a means to increase the reach of healthcare and reduce health inequality by targeting those populations deemed harder to reach. The remote and rural community and... Read More about Remote communities: promoting engagement in self-care..

Influences on prescribing decision-making among non-medical prescribers in the United Kingdom: systematic review. (2016)
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MCINTOSH, T., STEWART, D., FORBES-MCKAY, K., MCCAIG, D. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2016. Influences on prescribing decision-making among non-medical prescribers in the United Kingdom: systematic review. Family practice [online], 33(6), pages 572-579. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmw085

Suitably qualified non-medical healthcare professionals may now prescribe medicines. Prescribing decision-making can be complex and challenging; a number of influences have been identified among medical prescribers but little appears to be known abou... Read More about Influences on prescribing decision-making among non-medical prescribers in the United Kingdom: systematic review..

Returning the 'social' to social work: recommitting to social development in an age of neoliberalism. (2016)
Journal Article
XAVIER, A.G., ORNELLAS, A., SPOLANDER, G. and BUSCEMA, C. 2016. Returning the 'social' to social work: recommitting to social development in an age of neoliberalism. Indian journal of social work [online], 77(3), pages 295-310. Available from: https://journals.tiss.edu/ijsw/index.php/ijsw/article/view/82

In the context of globalisation, privatisation and liberalisation there is a tendency to marketise and monetise essential services. Erstwhile fundamental services that were considered to be life saving are being marketed and sold. Education soon foll... Read More about Returning the 'social' to social work: recommitting to social development in an age of neoliberalism..

The experiences of women with polycystic ovary syndrome on a very low-calorie diet. (2016)
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LOVE, J.G., MCKENZIE, J.S., NIKOKAVOURA, E.A., BROOM, J., ROLLAND, C. and JOHNSTON, K.L. 2016. The experiences of women with polycystic ovary syndrome on a very low-calorie diet. International journal of women's health [online], 8, pages 299-310. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S100385

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is variously reported to affect between 5% and 26% of reproductive age women in the UK and accounts for up to 75% of women attending fertility clinics due to anovulation. The first-line treatment option for overweight... Read More about The experiences of women with polycystic ovary syndrome on a very low-calorie diet..

A guide to therapeutic child care: what you need to know to create a healing home. (2016)
Journal Article
BOLGER, J. 2016. A guide to therapeutic child care: what you need to know to create a healing home. Ethics and social welfare [online], 10(3), pages 285-286. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2016.1194585

This is a book review of: "A guide to therapeutic child care: what you need to know to create a healing home", by R. Edmond, L. Steckley and A. Roesch-Marsh and published in 2016. This is a greatly-anticipated textbook, which examines the issues that... Read More about A guide to therapeutic child care: what you need to know to create a healing home..

Engagement on risk and uncertainty: lessons from coastal regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan after the 2011 nuclear disaster? (2016)
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MABON, L. and KAWABE, M. 2018. Engagement on risk and uncertainty: lessons from coastal regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan after the 2011 nuclear disaster? Journal of risk research [online], 21(11), pages 1297-1312. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1200658

This paper uses the case study of the south-east coast of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan to draw lessons for risk communication under situations of high uncertainty and conditions of varying trust. Based on an existing field of research into the socia... Read More about Engagement on risk and uncertainty: lessons from coastal regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan after the 2011 nuclear disaster?.

Charting disaster recovery via Google Street View: a social science perspective on challenges raised by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. (2016)
Journal Article
MABON, L. 2016. Charting disaster recovery via Google Street View: a social science perspective on challenges raised by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. International journal of disaster risk science [online], 7(2), pages 175-185. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-016-0087-4

There is increasing interest in using Google Street View (GSV) for research purposes, particularly with regard to 'virtually auditing' the built environment to assess environmental quality. Research in this field to date generally suggests GSV is a r... Read More about Charting disaster recovery via Google Street View: a social science perspective on challenges raised by the Fukushima nuclear disaster..

The global social work definition: ontology, implications and challenges. (2016)
Journal Article
ORNELLAS, A., SPOLANDER, G. and ENGELBRECHT, L.K. 2018. The global social work definition: ontology, implications and challenges. Journal of social work [online], 18(2), pages 222-240. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017316654606

The revised global definition for social work promotes the profession's commitment to social change and development, social cohesion and the empowerment and liberation of people. By reviewing the implications of this definitional shift and locating t... Read More about The global social work definition: ontology, implications and challenges..

Reflections and challenges of international social work research. (2016)
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SPOLANDER, G., TEIXEIRA GARCIA, M.L. and PENALVA, C. 2016. Reflections and challenges of international social work research. Critical and radical social work [online], 4(2), pages 169-183. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1332/204986016X14651166264273

This article seeks to critically reflect on the experience and challenges of international social work research within a 10-country consortium of social work researchers examining the impact of neoliberalism on civil society and social work, under th... Read More about Reflections and challenges of international social work research..

The thorny issue of status disclosure to children living with HIV: the case of HIV positive children living in a child and youth care facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. (2016)
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DUBE, N. and HARMS SMITH, L. 2016. The thorny issue of status disclosure to children living with HIV: the case of HIV positive children living in a child and youth care facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. Southern African journal of social work and social development [online], 28(1), pages 53-68. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25159/2415-5829/1350

There is a dilemma regarding HIV/AIDS disclosure to children born and living with HIV/AIDS in residential settings. Since the advent and accessibility of Anti-Retroviral Therapy, most children born HIV positive live longer and have healthier lives. S... Read More about The thorny issue of status disclosure to children living with HIV: the case of HIV positive children living in a child and youth care facility in Johannesburg, South Africa..

ГЛОБАЛЬНОЕ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ, ЕГО ОНТОЛОГИЯ, ЗНАЧЕНИЕ И ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ (2016)
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PERVOVA, I., KELASYEV, V., ORNELLAS, A., SPOLANDER, G. and ENGELBRECHT, L. 2016. ГЛОБАЛЬНОЕ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ, ЕГО ОНТОЛОГИЯ, ЗНАЧЕНИЕ И ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsialnoy antropologii (The journal of sociology and social anthropology) [online], XIX(1), pages 149-165. Available from: http://jourssa.ru/sites/all/files/volumes/2016_1/Pervova%20et%20al_2016_1.pdf

In the article on the basis of the new global definition of social work it is proposed that there be a redefining of the Institute of Social Work functions, the reorientation of the profession towards social development, social justice and achieving... Read More about ГЛОБАЛЬНОЕ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ, ЕГО ОНТОЛОГИЯ, ЗНАЧЕНИЕ И ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ.

Stakeholder and public perceptions of CO2-EOR in the context of CCS: Results from UK focus groups and implications for policy. (2016)
Journal Article
MABON, L. and LITTLECOTT, C. 2016. Stakeholder and public perceptions of CO2-EOR in the context of CCS: Results from UK focus groups and implications for policy. International journal of greenhouse gas control [online], 49, pages 128-137. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.02.031

Interest is growing in carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) as an additional economic incentive for CO2 injection and demonstration of storage feasibility. However, given increasing societal concern over fossil fuel energy, could CO2-EOR un... Read More about Stakeholder and public perceptions of CO2-EOR in the context of CCS: Results from UK focus groups and implications for policy..

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT): a qualitative study of patient perspectives in those choosing not to self-administer. (2016)
Journal Article
TONNA, A., PAUDYAL, V., FORBES-MCKAY, K., FALCONER, S., ANTHONY, G., TONNA, I., LAING, R., MACKENZIE, A., MACARTNEY, G. and STEWART, D. 2016. Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT): a qualitative study of patient perspectives in those choosing not to self-administer. European journal of hospital pharmacy [online], 23(Supplement 1), article A8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000875.18

OPAT is a well established treatment for administration of intravenous (IV) antibiotics, and models of administration include home self-administration. Despite this offering advantages, statistics indicate that less patients in the research centre ho... Read More about Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT): a qualitative study of patient perspectives in those choosing not to self-administer..