In a survey of Chinese attitudes toward near-death experiences (NDEs), 197 respondents were read a hypothetical description of an NDE and asked to choose from a range of explanations and social reactions that might approximate their own. Fifty-eight percent of respondents believed that NDEs were probably hallucinations or dreams. Less than nine percent believed the NDE was evidence of life afte...

This article suggests that the way in to sociology may not always be through the front door. The authors demonstrate how students in a three-day campus diversity program develop a sociological imagination despite not having a formal affiliation with the sociology department. In particular, students demonstrate a move from color blindness into racial consciousness and a shift from individual pre...

1. Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK 2 Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 3. Adelante Adult Rehabilitation, Department of Brain Injury, Hoensbroek and Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 4. Department of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 5. IRCCS, Rehabilitation Hospital, Santa ...

*Corresponding author: Juan G ó mez-Salgado, Healthcare District Huelva Costa, Condado-Campi ñ a, Andalusian Health Service, Ronda de Legionarios 8, 21700 La Palma del Condado, Huelva, Spain, Phone: + 34 671 597145, Fax: + 34 959027020, E-mail: [email protected] ; and Department of Nursing, Department of Environmental Biology and Public Health, University of Huelva, Spain Adolfo Romero, Andr é...

1 Anthropology Department, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, 2 Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, Exeter University, Exeter, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 4 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, German...

Marcellus M. Caldas, Matthew R. Sanderson, Martha Mather, Melinda D. Daniels, Jason S. Bergtold, Joseph Aistrup, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, David Haukos, Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, and David Lopez-Carr Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; US Geolog...

Author details Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Parvin Etesami Street, P.O. Box: 451578-6349, Zanjan, Iran. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 15875-6951, Tehran, Iran. Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Institute for Healt...

abstract background and purposes: gastrointestinal cancers including stomach adenocarcinoma are very prevalent and one the main causes of death due to cancer. mazandaran has a high mortality rate of stomach adenocarcinoma. this study was proposed for estimation of survival time in patients with stomach adenocarcinoma. materials and methods: the study was historical cohort. the samples were the ...

the concept of individualism in the field of sociology was introduced by the empirical scheme of one's position in society. the growing importance of the attention to this pattern affected by social changes has been rapid and rough. cultural and social processes of modernization and modern age always create new conditions and stimulus leading to changes and verities in methods of individualizat...