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Media theorist Marshall McLuhan described media as an extension of man and that each new medium or technology introduces a change to the scale or pace or pattern in human affairs (McLuhan 1994). In 100 BC paper discovery permitted recording…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Heredity following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version - The Impact of Past Introductions on an Iconic and Economically Important Species, the Red Deer…

The discussion within gerontology of the relationship between older people and their environment (place attachment and ageing in place in particular) has been based on an assumption of familiarity with place. Yet increasingly older people experience unfamiliar environments. This can…

Critical introduction to the special issue of the journal Women: a Cultural Review, written and edited by Maroula Joannou, Lucie Armitt and Paulina Palmer.

AIM:
This article is a report on a descriptive study of nursing identity as constructed in the Web 2.0 site YouTube.
BACKGROUND:
Public images of the nurse carry stereotypes that rely on the taken for granted gender category of the…

Whiteness is often detached from the notion of diaspora in the recent flurry of interest in the phenomenon, yet it is a key feature of some of the largest and oldest displacements. This paper explores the specific contexts of white…

A major objective of current nurse education programs is to facilitate the development of ethically sensitive practitioners. While this might appear uncontroversial, disagreement exists in relation to the content of health care ethics and how it can best be taught.…

Undergraduate physiotherapy programmes aim to equip graduates with basic skills, knowledge and behaviours to allow them to
enter the profession. The aim of this study was to explore employers’ perceptions of key factors in work place preparedness of novice
physiotherapists.…

Background: In the UK there is a policy initiative to encourage volunteering to promote community participation and engagement in society. ‘Volunteers in Child Protection’ is a scheme promoting volunteers to work alongside statutory child care workers in complex child protection…