1 Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2 Department of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, 4 Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Unite...

Title of Document: TIME MANAGEMENT & INTRAOCCUPATIONAL BOUNDARY-WORK BETWEEN EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTERED NURSES Vanessa Lopes Muñoz, Master of Arts, 2008 Directed By: Professor, Annette Lareau, Sociology Occupational boundary studies have addressed divisions among workers by examining the process of creating occupational groups and assigning certain attributes to these groups (boundary work). The...

Aaron Reeves, Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee, Michael Marmot and David Stuckler Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 1UQ, UK Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA Department of Public Health and Policy, LSHTM, London, WC1H 9SH, UK Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK Corresponding author: ...

This paper discusses the aims and format of an introductory course in clinical sociology . It reviews the process of teaching clinical sociology as a profession and teaching the theoretical basis that distinguishes the field. Case studies, guest practitioners, and practical exercises are used to prompt an application and integration of the acquired knowledge. Ideally, the course reviewed here c...

Technology Scenarios Research Programme, Systems Analysis Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, Science and Technology Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK, Cirus-Innovation Research in Utility Sectors Eawag-Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland, Department of Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute for Sustainabl...

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

1 Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 4 Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,...