Artikler, rapporter og annet (samfunnsvitenskap): Recent submissions

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    • The challenge of fitting in: non-participation and withdrawal from an online self-help group for breast cancer patients 

      Sandaunet, Anne Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007-11-15)
      Online self-help groups multiply peoples' possibilities to exchange information and social support. Such possibilities are expected to be of crucial value for the 'new' healthcare user. However, similar to experiences from face-to-face based groups, studies of online self-help groups report high drop-out rates. Knowledge about why this happens is scarce. By means of qualitative interviews and ...

    • Between health care and social security : psychiatric patients and the disability pension system in Norway and Russia 

      Rezvyy, Grigory; Schönfelder, Walter; Midré, Georges; Øiesvold, Terje; Olstad, Reidun (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007-08-16)
      Background: The official statistics of persons with mental disorders who are granted disability pension (DP) in Russia and Norway indicate large differences between the countries. Methods: This qualitative explorative hypothesis-generating study is based on text analysis of the laws, regulations and guidelines, and qualitative interviews of informants representing all the organisational elements ...

    • Modern wildlife conservation initiatives and the pastoralist/hunter nomads of northwestern Tibet. 

      Fox, Joseph L.; Yangzom, Drolma; Binrong, Xu; Mathiesen, Per; Næss, Marius W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2004)
      In 1993 the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China established the 300 000 km2 Chang Tang Nature Preserve on the northwestern Tibetan plateau, an action precipitated by rapidly diminishing populations of chiru (Tibetan antelope) and wild yak. Some 30 000 nomadic pastoralists use areas within this reserve for livestock grazing, with many having traditionally depended in part on hunting for ...

    • Nomadic pastoralism in the Aru basin of Tibet’s Chang Tang. 

      Lhagyal, Dondrup; Næss, Marius W.; Mathiesen, Per; Yangzom, Drolma; Fox, Joseph L.; Bårdsen, Bård J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2004)
      Nomadic pastoralists live at the northern extent of human habitation within the ca. 5000 m elevation Aru basin, in the nortwestern part of the Chang Tang Nature Preserve, Tibet. These nomads herd primarily sheep and goats, a lesser number of yaks, and a few horses. Goats are increasing in importance because of the value of cashmere wool in national and international markets. Although sheep wool ...

    • Omsorg på vilkår. Historien om Stavanger Arbeids- og Aldershjem. 

      Midré, Georges (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 1988)
      Boka er en institusjonssosiologisk studie av en anstalt i Stavanger kommune. Undersøkelsen bygger på protokoller og journaler fra anstalten, offentlige dokumenter, avisartikler og intervjuer med sentrale aktører. Undersøkelsens formål er å vise hvordan ulike prinsipper for behandling av sosial nød nedfeller seg i en konkret organisasjon. Det er særlig lagt vekt på å vise hvorledes "omsorg" og ...