The social gradient in heath refers to the fact that inequalities in population health status are
related to inequalities in social status. This study advances and tests a model of the …

Agricultural analysts have suggested that the emergence of an alternative agriculture
system represents more than changes in practices; it is also thought to represent a shift in …

A practical theory of argumentation is outlined and applied to a hypothetical clinical scenario
to elucidate the use of research evidence in individual treatment decisions. The primary …

Methods: All 357 members of Saskatchewan district health boards were surveyed in 1997;
275 (77%) responded. Analyses included comparisons between elected and appointed …

… By the mid-1970s, and through the 1980s, these inflationary tendencies gave rise to a
variety of cost-control initiatives (Armstrong 1997; Fuller 1998; Dickinson and Hay 1988; …

The initiation of market liberalization resulted in a sharp decline in economic output and
market disorganization across the former Soviet Union. Inadequate physical, financial, and …

In every generation students raised in the Western tradition of rationality optimistically call
for the application of science to social problems. Also, in every generation there are a few …

Using both published and unpublished archival material this paper examines attempts of
the scientific child study and parent education branches of the mental hygiene movement to …

The second half of the twentieth century saw the emergence of three knowledge‐system
models: Mode 2 knowledge production, the Triple Helix, and Post‐Normal Science (PNS). …

The two main dimensions of this crisis are rising costs associated with current and projected
utilization patterns, and the increasingly apparent inability of the existing health care system …