Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves analysis secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, European homes from seven countries between March December 2020. The findings are reviewed using framework Convention Human Rights identify examples human rights violation...

This article reviews the social scientific literature published between late 1990s and 2021 on illegal ‘sport’ of dog fighting in UK USA. Adopting a green criminological perspective, it argues that studying is important for understanding ways which this form animal cruelty contributes to range harms. The review structured five sections. first situates theoretically by introducing key ideas with...

To cite: Sokol-Hessner L, Folcarelli PH, Sands KEF. BMJ Qual Saf 2015;24:550–553. INTRODUCTION Consider these actual patient experiences: ▸ A patient is admitted to the hospital for a bowel obstruction from a known malignancy. She calls her cancer specialist about this complication, but he is unavailable. A covering provider reading from her file says ‘your cancer is untreatable’. This is the f...

This article will bring together Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of Smooth Space zemiological debates social harms to respond the question set by Jane Scoular (2015): does law matter in sex work? The regulation policing performers hosting sites allow avoid state-level legislation. However, site regulations cause experience harm that traditional concepts cannot address because is powerless against...

OBJECTIVE Compare the risk of harm from pharmacologic interventions in pediatric versus adult randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS We used systematic reviews from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. We considered separately 7 categories of harms/harm-related end points: severe harms, withdrawals due to harms, any harm, organ system-level harms, specific harms, withdrawals for...

OBJECTIVE Historically, alcohol use and related harms are more prevalent in men than in women. However, emerging evidence suggests the epidemiology of alcohol use is changing in younger cohorts. The current study aimed to systematically summarise published literature on birth cohort changes in male-to-female ratios in indicators of alcohol use and related harms. METHODS We identified 68 studi...

Social media platforms aspire to create online experiences where users can participate safely and equitably. However, women around the world experience widespread harassment, including insults, stalking, aggression, threats, non-consensual sharing of sexual photos. This article describes women's perceptions harm associated with harassment preferred platform responses that harm. We conducted a s...

Dear Editor, We write to express the following concerns about the proposed DSM 5 criteria for ASD and the inclusion of a new disorder (Social Communication Disorder). First, it is crucial to note that the proposed changes for the diagnosis of ASD are not based on new empirical evidence. There is no scientific rational for a change at this time. The fact that DSM 5 is scheduled to be published n...