The sociology of medical science and technology
In: Sociology of health and illness monograph series
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In: Sociology of health and illness monograph series
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 599-601
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Social history of medicine, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 545-546
ISSN: 1477-4666
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 159-160
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Social history of medicine, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 554-555
ISSN: 1477-4666
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 500-501
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Social history of medicine, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 238-239
ISSN: 1477-4666
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 459-460
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 150-151
ISSN: 1469-8684
In: Women's studies international quarterly: a multidisciplinary journal for the rapid publ. of research communications and review articles in women's studies, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 117-125
ISSN: 0148-0685
In: Social policy and administration, Band 42, Heft 6, S. 691-709
ISSN: 1467-9515
Abstract Doctors, nurses and other health care workers in the UK are said to be increasingly aware of the 'risks of the job' as a result of mounting verbal abuse, threats and assaults from patients and their relatives. In the late 1990s the UK government introduced a policy of 'zero tolerance', which it claimed was designed to minimize the risk of such violence. Current policy refers to the need to be tough on offenders and encourage a culture of respect. In this article we review this strategy and the reasons for its introduction and consider some of the potential consequences. The article starts with an account of the policy, the definition of violence that underpins it and how it has been measured, and assesses the evidence regarding prevalence. This is then interpreted in the context of wider policies of zero tolerance to crime, and debates about risk, anxiety and insecurity.
In: Social theory & health, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 228-241
ISSN: 1477-822X
In: Social science & medicine, Band 146, S. 164-172
ISSN: 1873-5347
In: Health, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 169-187
Accounts of ageing often employ the metaphor of a mask and suggest that individuals are motivated to present a youthful image. Drawing on interview data, we reveal that women aged 51-57 years distinguish between what we call 'public' and 'private' body ageing, both of which have an impact on age-resistance. Public ageing is visible, arising from physical changes in body appearance. These changes have the potential for concealment through age-resisting activities. Private ageing is less visible and arises largely from physiological changes within the body, which were perceived by women as irreversible indicators of ageing. This obduracy of the body led women to perceive themselves as ageing and also deterred them from participating in age-resistance. In contrast to masking theories, our study shows that most women in their 50s wanted to project a socially acceptable image that reflected their subjective sense of growing old.