Television advertising directed at children is claimed to be a significant contributory factor in childhood obesity. Furthermore, it is claimed the presence or absence of advertisements for 'treat foods' has a major impact on children's eating habits. However, focusing on advertisements alone...

Purpose: Consumer experiences of healthcare services are challenging for researchers to study because of the complex, intangible and temporal nature of service provision. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel longitudinal three-phase research protocol, which combines iterative...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore consumer experiences of spiritual value and investigates whether it is distinct from ethical value within a large and growing private sector health-care setting. Understanding consumers’ experiences of spiritual value versus ethical value has important...