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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...economic circumstances. For the upper and middle classes, with substantial amounts of disposable income, a wide range of options were available. They could access information about how to protect their health through books and articles in magazines. Many of these books were written (or at least claimed to be written) by doctors and other health-care professionals. An...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...economic and demographic characteristics of victims [Described image] Figure 8 Translation: reported crime is only a small fraction of actual crime: for example, one-quarter of property crime is reported and only one-fifth of violent offences show trends over time: for example, increases in property crime and the reporting of crime risk of being affected by crime: high...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...economic success. Contemporary viewers, especially among the predominantly urban population, whose experience of the countryside derived primarily from travel and excursion, could have found in these images a powerful assertion of Dutch nationalism. However, the presence of divergent and sometimes conflicting allusions and associations is resistant to any attempt to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...economic and social factors in the practice of medicine’, International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 7, No. 41...Challenging ideas in mental health: Acknowledgements - This free course is based on materials from the Open University course K272 Challenging ideas in mental health which is no longer available. It was updated in May 2021. The content acknowledged below...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...economic status. And any one of us, if we had a sick spouse, a sick child, a bill collector chasing us down, get evicted, we are not responsive in the moment. So I’m not into, like, lecturing parents. There’s other ways to fix those problems, I think. [Text on screen: Have you had any particularly surprising results?] There’s been a number of surprises. One big...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Economic and Social Research Council ES/M008703/1 and The Open University, UK. This course is based on extensive ESRC funded research into social work writing (WiSP), undertaken by Professor Theresa Lillis (Principal Investigator), Dr Alison Twiner and Dr Maria Leedham and a web based resource for social care professionals designed by Professor Theresa Lillis and Dr Lucy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...economic reforms. Answer Plagiarism has implications beyond the assessment itself...Session 1: Ethics, trust and academic community: why?: 2.3 Being a member of an academic community - When you register on a course to begin studying, you are becoming a member of a diverse academic community. All members of that community, whether new students or experienced academics,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...economic challenges of health care. What about pensions? Finally, there is quality of life. So, what research is now being done that will benefit everyone in their later years? It turns out that the ageing process can be researched in a microgravity environment. Here the context of ‘bed rest’ is used. But how can resting in a bed simulate ageing? And does space travel...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs