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...Social relationships are experienced as more exhausting. Heightened sensitivity to body changes and image, with implications for self-esteem. Executive functioning In simple terms, executive functioning skills refer to our ability to carry out complex tasks, remember information, retain our focus and plan, prioritise and organise. Those skills are particularly important...

...work was later exposed as fraudulent; the paper was retracted and his medical licence revoked. Extensive international research has since shown conclusively that there is no link between MMR and autism. Yet the damage continues. Vaccination rates dropped, outbreaks of preventable disease followed, and some children died or suffered serious complications. Since then, other...

...work in healthcare, or if you are involved in healthcare in some other way, for example as a volunteer, campaigner, relative or service user. The concept of service improvement is important because it is usually at the centre of discussions around change, particularly when resources are limited and difficult decisions have to be made about healthcare priorities. In such...

...social identity, ‘socialisation’, subjectivity and personhood. The case studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question... Identity In Question A short introduction to this album....