Hidden Agendas

Hidden agendas: psychosexual aspects in consultations.

Introduction It is 9 o’clock on Monday morning and the doctor or nurse has just returned from 2 weeks’ leave. The first patient on the list looks straightforward and should give a quick start to the morning’s work. This might be: 1. At the family planning clinic: a repeat prescription for the contraceptive pill. 2. At the genitourinary clinic: the results of sexually transmitted infection scree...

Compensation for occupational disease: hidden agendas.

Health Affairs agendas Compensation for occupational disease : hidden

Loss of control arising from public passions and hidden agendas

The paper describes progress towards producing deep models of emotion. It does this by working towards the development of a single explanatory framework to account for diverse psychological phenomena where control is lost. Emotion theories are reviewed to show how emotions can be described according to various emotional components and emotional phases. When applied in isolation these components...

Advancing Agendas

In the UK, the development of integrated children‟s services over the past six years has led to an increased need for public sector managers to attend strategic, interagency meetings. However, there is little research in this field that can be used to support managers in ensuring positive outcomes from such meetings. The aim of this research was to identify the main concerns of managers attendi...