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On the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications in different scientific fields (1980‐2007)

Larivière, Vincent; Gingras, Yves - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 2, pp. 179-190

Purpose – The issue of duplicate publications has received a lot of attention in the medical literature, but much less in the information science community. This paper aims to analyze the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications across all fields of research between 1980 and...

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“Knife before wife”: an exploratory study of gender and the UK medical profession

Miller, Karen; Clark, Donna - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 22 (2008) 3, pp. 238-253

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the increasing feminisation of the medical profession and career progression of women in the medical profession. Furthermore, the paper explores the implications of gender segregation in the medical profession for health service provision....

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Medical regulation, spectacular transparency and the blame business

McGivern, Gerry; Fischer, Michael - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 24 (2010) 6, pp. 597-610

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore general practitioners' (GPs') and psychiatrists' views and experiences of transparent forms of medical regulation in practice, as well as those of medical regulators and those representing patients and professionals. Design/methodology/approach...

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AIDS and community‐based organizations: the marketing of therapeutic discourse

Kates, Steven M. - In: European Journal of Marketing 36 (2002) 5/6, pp. 621-641

This article explores the meanings of societal marketing in the context of AIDS community‐based organizations (CBOs …

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AIDS and Employment: Diagnosis and Prognosis

Adam‐Smith, Derek; Goss, David; Sinclair, Adele; … - In: Employee Relations 14 (1992) 3, pp. 29-40

The issue of AIDS/HIV is currently a concern of many employing organizations. Considers the contextual factors which … surround AIDS as a workplace issue in terms of legislation, state policy, and trade union and employer positions. This is … followed by an analysis of current UK corporate AIDS policies. Identifies two approaches to policy formulation: definsive and …

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HIV/AIDS and Hotel and Catering Employment: Some Implications of Perceived Risk

Adam‐Smith, Derek; Goss, David - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 2, pp. 25-32

Addresses the workplace issues posed by HIV/AIDS within the hotel and catering industry. In particular, examines the …

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Estimating Behavioral Response to the AIDS Epidemic

Auld, M. Christopher - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

Abstract The elasticity of risky sexual behavior to changes in local HIV infection prevalence is estimated using a longitudinal survey of the sexual behavior and health of gay men in San Francisco during the 1980s. An average respondent decreases risky behavior by about 5% in response to a 10%...

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Price Discrimination and Smuggling of AIDS Drugs

Hornbeck, Richard A. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1

AIDS drugs due to the potential for black market exchange. Thus, greater segmentation in the international market through … additional barriers to smuggling would induce firms to charge lower prices for AIDS drugs in poorer countries. Without these …

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Estimating Behavioral Response to the AIDS Epidemic

Auld, M. Christopher - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

The elasticity of risky sexual behavior to changes in local HIV infection prevalence is estimated using a longitudinal survey of the sexual behavior and health of gay men in San Francisco during the 1980s. An average respondent decreases risky behavior by about 5% in response to a 10% increase...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014587504

Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing, and HIV Treatments

Mechoulan, Stéphane - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 10 (2007) 2

This paper studies the impact of antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) on HIV testing and risky sexual behavior. I use data collected in San Francisco among a high-risk population from 1994 to 2002. The evidence supports the hypothesis of a causal link between the introduction of ARVs in late 1996 and...

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