OBJECTIVES Our objective is to explore how vasculitis affects patients' friendships and social participation. METHODS Vasculitis patients (n=221) completed an online questionnaire that asked if, and how, relationships with friends have changed since receiving a vasculitis diagnosis. Participants' written responses were imported into Atlas.ti, and two independent researchers used both structur...

We examined the ways in which the social worker is coping with obligation dilemma in an Israeli nursing home. The research was conducted using semi-structured, in-depth interviews carried out with fifteen social workers employed in nursing homes. The interviews were analysed thematically, using constant comparisons. The three themes were concerned with the social worker's place in the nursing h...

background: currently with the emergence of the internet, patients have an opportunity to exchange social support online. however, little attention has been devoted to different dimensions of online social support exchanged in virtual support communities for patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). methods: to provide a rich insight, the aim of this qualitative study was to explore and categorize...

Background: The increasing need and demand for professional nurses and enhance the quality of professional services is a key issue that has led to professional practice in health systems. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the standards of nursing professionalism based on faculties' points of view. Methods: Qualitative design in this study was content analysis with purposive sampling. Da...

19 The recent rise of interest in situated and embodied cognition has a strong interdisciplinary flavor, with contributions from 20 robotics, cognitive anthropology, cognitive psychology, and developmental psychology, among other disciplines. However, 21 social psychology has been almost completely unrepresented. Social psychologists investigate the ways people perceive, 22 interact with, and i...