Abstract Several recent studies have examined religious biographies, i.e. individual trajectories. However, little research has been conducted on the relevance of single life events in such as rites passage. One rite passage, confirmation training, preserved its popularity Finland despite declining church membership. The aim this study, therefore, was to examine Finnish training biographies. da...

The authors express their gratitude to all who contributed to the project especially for their patience and teaching! Author biographies are listed at the end of the article. Review coordinated

Communication about palliative care represents one of the most difficult interpersonal aspects of medicine. Delivering the "terminal" diagnosis has traditionally been the focus of research, yet transitions to specialist palliative care are equally critical clinical moments. Here we focus on 20 medical specialists' strategies for engaging patients around referral to specialist palliative care. O...

Web 2.0 has expanded the possibilities of digital creative production by individuals and enabled the digitalisation of private life experiences. This study analyses how social media contributes to the making of personal biographies and discusses the shift towards a culture of digital exposure. This study uses netnography and a constructive approach to examine online communities and social netwo...

Biographies of illustrious people stimulate children and young to perceive how other see feel what is happening around them, while offering them the opportunity historical figures as models they can identify with imitate in future. All this very visible one genres non-fiction for that has seen greatest boom last five years: illustrated biographies women. In work,  a mixed study selection w...

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