Postmodernism and poststructuralism challenge fundamental positions in social theory. This
book sets out some of the components of a postmodern social theory of health and healing, …

The survey is probably the most commonly used research design in health services research
and the social sciences. We have all been asked to take part in a survey at some time. As …

Do ‘informed’ or ‘expert’ patients challenge dominant traditions in biomedicine or simply
adopt these as conventional ways of thinking about body shape and size, illness and health? …

In response to recommendations to redefine statistical significance to P≤ 0.005, we propose
that researchers should transparently report and justify all choices they make when …

Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in
psychological science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and …

The interview is an important data gathering technique involving verbal communication between
the researcher and the subject. Interviews are commonly used in survey designs and in …

Beyond Health applies post-structuralist and postmodern ideas to issues of health and health
care to provide a radical re-think of how health is to be understood. It offers a perspective …

Iron–sulfur clusters are ubiquitous protein cofactors with critical cellular functions. The
mitochondrial Fe–S assembly complex, which consists of the cysteine desulfurase NFS1 and its …

Longitudinal MR imaging is increasingly being used to measure cerebral atrophy progression
in dementia and other neurological disorders. Differences in intensity inhomogeneity …

The core machinery for de novo biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters (ISC), located in the
mitochondria matrix, is a five-protein complex containing the cysteine desulfurase NFS1 that is …