All Outputs (3)

On the adoption of personal health records: some problematic issues for patient empowerment (2015)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2015). On the adoption of personal health records: some problematic issues for patient empowerment. Ethics and Information Technology, 17(2), 113-124. doi:10.1007/s10676-015-9365-x

Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform (2015)
Journal Article
Hobson-West, P., & Timmons, S. (2016). Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform. Sociological Review, 64(1), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12254

The sociology of professions literature would predict that the contemporary state would not allow groups to continue unregulated or unreformed. However, this is indeed the case with the UK veterinary profession, with legislation dating back to 1966.... Read More about Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform.

Being human: transdisciplinarity in nursing (2015)
Journal Article
Timmons, S., Edgley, A., Meal, A., & Narayanasamy, A. (2016). Being human: transdisciplinarity in nursing. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 40(4), 526-542. doi:10.1080/0309877X.2014.984601

Nursing as an academic discipline typically draws on a wide range of other disciplines. There is debate about whether this is a sound basis for the discipline, or whether nursing needs to develop a distinctive body of knowledge. The concept of transd... Read More about Being human: transdisciplinarity in nursing.