This paper examines the new teaching concept "Providing medical care on the fringe of society: Participant observation and change in perspectives" in the context of the interdisciplinary field of Querschnittsbereich 2/Q 2 (the transdisciplinary section under AOÄ, the German Regulations for licensed physicians) that explores the history, theory and ethics of medicine. The disciplinary approach u...

School gardening programmes are among the most promising interventions to improve children's vegetable intake. Yet, low vegetable intake among children remains a persistent public health challenge. This study aimed to explore children's perspectives, experiences, and motivations concerning school gardening in order to better understand and increase its potential for health promotion. Using part...

This essay analyzes the market demand by eligible participants for in-kind transfer payments of the type that reduce the free market price participants would otherwise have to pay for the product being subsidized. Examples are the Food Stamp Program, public housing programs, and such proposed programs as rent subsidy and health co-insurance programs. Two common forms for such programs are analy...

SULLIVAN DEFINED THE PSYCHIATRIC interview as a particular kind of interpersonal relationship which differed from other in­ timate relationships by its purpose, that "something useful" should be accomplished, namely increased skills of living for one of the people, the patient. He defined the role of the other person involved, the therapist, as that of a participant observer who needed to posse...