Smoking prevalence in the lesbian and gay community exceeds that in nearly all other demographic groups. In 2001, we undertook a four-year research project to study tobacco industry targeting of the lesbian and gay community. We researched formerly-secret tobacco industry documents, analyzed...

The Core-Unique-Expanding (C-U-E) representational model provides a framework and a method to identify, describe and group major work activities performed into three broad areas. A seven-point, operationally defined rating scale is used to rate six major work activities on ten basic dimensions...

Smoking prevalence in the LGBT community exceeds that in nearly all other demographic groups. In 2001, we undertook a four-year research project to study tobacco industry targeting of the lesbian and gay community. We researched formerly-secret tobacco industry internal documents, analyzed...

A relatively small subgroup of emergency department (ED) patients is responsible for a disproportionate amount of ED visits and costs. This subgroup, the heavy users of ED services, is identified as a medically and socially vulnerable population. Heavy users of ED services are identified as a...

This paper considers the spatial dynamics of nurse-patient relationships within hospitals, primarily in the USA, under conditions of organizational restructuring, and situates them within social theoretical perspectives on space. As a human practice to which relationship is considered essential,...