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Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...phrase is most typically used in the US literature). This takes into account the preferences and desires of patients and acknowledges and respects their cultural background. Person-centred care is a related term (commonly used in the UK) but generally refers to the whole person (going beyond the narrow focus on their symptoms and treatment) and advocates a holistic...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...type thing and got their readings, have seen it and gone, wow, I didn't realise I was-- and I always think of myself as well underweight, but then it's like, oh, I'm not actually that far off, really, where I should be. So it is definitely-- it's a bit surprising. WOMAN 5 Very healthy people. I can see that they're athletes. He's won a medal. He's obviously doing good in...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...types of the social problems that characterise US cities today (Macek, 2006). In addition, there is an implicit anti-urbanism here which reproduces long-held views of cities as places of deprivation and depravity, of social disorganisation and criminality. There is also a view, most notable perhaps in the Neumayr reference to public housing (‘New Orleans’ legendary...
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...types of settings or if these behaviours by necessity feed into some notion of hierarchy and the individual hero model of leadership. You might want to share this list with friends and colleagues and discuss your views. Table 1 MACRO (NATIONAL/REGIONAL) Influence the development of national policy on equity and inclusive education through consultation and communication....
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...type of waste that has a resale value. Items which can be resold include cardboard, foam, electronic goods, paper and other metal goods such as scrap metals or wires. These collectors then take these items to larger depots and sell them on to larger merchants, who then use the items to become inputs for future products or processes. This is an example of what you may...
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...type’, for instance, is plain to see. The nature of normality is contested, and so too is the nature of mental illness or distress. In the next section, you’ll look at competing explanations of mental distress. [This is a photograph of a group of smiling people.] Figure 3 What does Major Affective Disorder: Pleasant Type look like?...Challenging ideas in mental...
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...types of criminal courts which try and sentence defendants: the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. The magistrates’ courts deal with the early stages of criminal cases, and with the trial and sentencing of less serious offences. Unlike the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court does not have a jury. Young people under 18 have their cases heard in a special part of...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...phrase ‘lead-free solder’ is an unquestioned ‘good’, in another sector it may not be, and this requires circumspect use of the lead-free solder and hence use of the phrase. Activity 3 Bearing in mind that a final vocabulary provides terms that act as surrogates for ‘good’ or ‘bad’, have a think about your own way of evaluating things. Can you think of some...