Colette Paul's story explores, in a humorous way, how the stuff of `real life' is transformed by the writer into `material' for fiction. It also address some anxieties about teaching Creative Writing. However, while these concerns frame `Real life' as…

The ending of the war with France in 1815 brought a severe recession to Britain as orders for war goods were cancelled and 200 000 demobilized service personnel rejoined the labor market. Unemployment and even starvation were a part of…

This paper describes an evaluation of a child and adolescent mental health project located in a large County in Eastern England. The project was one of eight developed in the voluntary sector and supported by the UK Mental Health Foundation…

While the concept of mixed-methods research is more usually associated with combining
quantitative and qualitative approaches, this paper outlines a study that mixed methods by
undertaking qualitative theory testing and derivation when examining the relationship between
health promotion theory and…

Successive government policies have created a situation where most residential and nursing care is provided by the independent sector. It is in the nature of a marketized and privatized care system that homes will periodically close or change ownership. The…

This paper is based on a research project which has, on the demand side, investigated how entrepreneurs at the head of small and medium sized, domestically owned private enterprises are coping with the problem of internationalising their business operations within…

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This paper presents preliminary case-study evidence on key factors associated with the internationalisation of management consultancy small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including how these factors differ from previous aggregate evidence based mainly on manufacturing firms. It contributes by adding to…

This paper introduces a Special Issue on heterodox economics of the environment and sustainability. At present, humanity faces several challenges, such as resource scarcity, biodiversity loss and climate change. And yet, we would argue, contributions from traditional ‘heterodox’ schools of…

Background: Attitudes towards the use of outcome measures by professionals working in mental health
have been shown to be variable. Occupational therapists appear to have difficulty specifying goals and measuring the outcomes of interventions.
Aims: To measure the outcomes of…