a number of interviews carried out by the author with the permission and co-operation of the Home Office at their only psychiatric prison, Grendon Underwood. Interviews were mainly with prisoners but also with members of the staffThere is an air of authenticity about the whole work. The characters stand out; one has met them> from 'Good Hearted Harry', the prison officer who believed i? people,...

social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. the aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of iranians.this study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. twenty five experts participated in interviews, using individual semi-structured interviews between november 2010 and june 2011.this data supp...

AIM The aim of this study was to understand the experience of participants in the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating programme and to identify factors that influence participants' implementation of the self-management guidelines. BACKGROUND The literature revealed that structured education programmes, such as Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating programme, have many positive outcomes for people w...

Although ‘Halcyon’ means serene environment which pervasive computing aims at, we have tried to present a different interpretation of this word. Through our approach, we look at it in context of achieving future ‘calm technology’. The paper gives a general overview of the state of pervasive computing today, proposes the ‘HALCYON Model’ and outlines the ‘social’ challenges faced by system design...

Although ‘Halcyon’ means serene environment which pervasive computing aims at, we have tried to present a different interpretation of this word. Through our approach, we look at it in context of achieving future ‘calm technology’. The paper gives a general overview of the state of pervasive computing today, proposes the ‘HALCYON Model’ and outlines the ‘social’ challenges faced by system design...

conclusions retirement is an essential part of the work life cycle. awareness of the factors that influence adjustment to retirement is vital to facilitate this process and to improve the health of retired health care providers. results during data analysis, five themes emerged: “identity threat”, “negative interaction”, “identity reconstruction”, “supporting factors” and “normal life”. in addi...