In this blog piece, SKAPE ECR member Kathy Dodworth examines community health practices through a postcolonial lens, discussing her recent fieldwork with community health volunteers in Kenya.
Community health: radical revolution or conservative coloniality? Read More »
Please join us for the second panel discussion in our roundtable series on the COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to welcoming Professor Margaret Gill (University of Aberdeen), Dr Lukas Englemann (University of Edinburgh), and Professor Robert Dingwall (University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University).
SKAPE Covid Roundtable II: Were non-pharmaceutical interventions evidence-based? Read More »
We are excited to welcome Isabel Fletcher (University of Edinburgh) for our first seminar in this year’s series.
We are excited to host this year’s first roundtable discussion. For this panel discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, we welcome Professor Linda Bauld (University of Edinburgh), Professor Mark Woolhouse (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Yossi Nehushtan (Keele University).
SKAPE Covid Roundtable I: Asking questions about lockdowns Read More »
On 11 May, we welcome Fadhila Mazanderani and Cath Montgomery (University of Edinburgh) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
Online Patient Feedback: Diagnosing the Sickness within the NHS or Caring for Care? Read More »
This blog post is a summary of the SKAPE Seminar on 24 June 2020 on the impact of Covid-19 on the study of the relationship between science, knowledge and policy.
Reflections on the impact of Covid-19 Read More »
Sudeepa Abeysinghe discusses the risks and uncertainties associated with the global management of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
Uncertainty, pandemics and policy Read More »
Book review: Drawing on a detailed case study of Scotland’s National Health Service, Publics and Their Health Systems: Rethinking Participation is a novel contribution to the growing academic engagement with the institutionalisation of public participation as a routine feature of governance.
Book review: publics and their health systems: rethinking participation by Ellen Stewart Read More »
While a concern with how people experience health and illness has long been a topic of interest in Medical Sociology and Anthropology, the emergence of the patient experience alongside quality and safety as a key measure of healthcare services is a more recent phenomenon. Yet despite its increasing prominence, what counts as a patient experience and indeed how these experiences can and should be counted remains up for debate.
What is the patient experience? Read More »
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