In this article, we explore the form of evaluation put forward by guidelines used in the health
sciences for appraising qualitative research and we begin to articulate an alternative …

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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is arguably the most important contemporary initiative
committed to reshaping biomedical reason and practice. The move to establish scientific …

Those who use autobiographical perspectives in the practice of sociology and related
disciplines have noted, with concern, the association of their work with self-indulgence …

The recent SARS epidemic has renewed widespread concerns about the global
transmission of infectious diseases. In this commentary, we explore novel approaches to …

Population health intervention research (PHIR) seeks to develop and evaluate policies,
programmes and other types of interventions that may affect population health and health …

This article responds to a recent call for detailed analyses of research processes that link the
intellectual resources of the academy with communities and popular movements. Our …

Objectives The aim of this critical ethnographic literature review was to explore the evolution
of nursing discourse in oral hygiene for intubated and mechanically ventilated patients …

Prostate cancer is a major health problem—one that inevitably challenges men's notions
about themselves and their expressions of masculinity. As part of a larger study investigating …

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in
how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human …