Realism, Progress and the Historical Turn
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DOI: 10.1007/s10699-015-9481-4
Abstract: The contemporary debate between scientific realism and anti-realism is conditioned by a polarity between two opposing arguments: the realist’s success argument and the anti-realist’s pessimistic induction. This polarity has skewed the debate away from the… read more here.
Keywords: progress; science; philosophy; realist ... See more keywords
Reichenbach: scientific realist and logical empricist?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-021-03186-5
Abstract: Hans Reichenbach’s position in the debate over scientific realism is remarkable. On the one hand, he endorsed the programmatic premises of logical empiricism; on the other, he explicitly employed a realist approach to conceptions such… read more here.
Keywords: reichenbach; scientific realism; logical empiricism; scientific realist ... See more keywords
Moralism as a Pathology of Public Discourse: A Realist Assessment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11245-024-10135-7
Abstract: This paper aims to offer a critique of a rigidly moralistic temperament in public discourse from the perspective of political realism. It unpacks three types of moralism in public discourse, and for each, it explains… read more here.
Keywords: pathology; world; moralism pathology; realist ... See more keywords
Realism's Vexed Relations with the Popular
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajaf086
Abstract: Abstract:This essay assesses the centrality of popular idioms such as sentimental sympathy (discussed by Faye Halpern's The Afterlife of Sympathy) and social reform movements (explored in Arielle Zibrak's Writing Against Reform) to realist era literary… read more here.
Keywords: vexed relations; reform; realism; relations popular ... See more keywords
Conceptualizing maternal mental health in rural Ghana: a realist qualitative analysis
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DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae116
Abstract: Abstract In low- and middle-income countries, maternal mental health needs remain neglected, and common mental disorders during pregnancy and after birth are routinely associated with hormonal changes. The psycho-social and spiritual components of childbirth are… read more here.
Keywords: healthcare providers; mental health; maternal mental; analysis ... See more keywords
Cash transfer programmes in lower-income and middle-income countries: understanding pathways to nutritional change—a realist review protocol
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028314
Abstract: Introduction Child malnutrition continues to be a significant global public health concern. Nutrition-related interventions have changed and diversified over the last two decades, with increasing emphasis on nutrition-sensitive programmes that address underlying determinants of child… read more here.
Keywords: step; transfer programmes; review; realist ... See more keywords
Realist review protocol for understanding the real-world barriers and enablers to practitioners implementing self-management support to people living with and beyond cancer
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037636
Abstract: Introduction Self-management support can enable and empower people living with and beyond cancer to take an active role in managing long-term consequences of cancer treatment. Healthcare professionals are key to promoting patients to self-manage, however,… read more here.
Keywords: beyond cancer; living beyond; review; realist ... See more keywords
Senior medical students as assistants in medicine in COVID-19 crisis: a realist evaluation protocol
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045822
Abstract: Introduction The assistant in medicine is a new and paid role for final-year medical students that has been established in New South Wales, Australia, as part of the surge workforce management response to the COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; medical students; assistant medicine; role ... See more keywords
Investigation of the critical factors required to improve the disclosure and discussion of harm with affected women and families: a study protocol for a qualitative, realist study in NHS maternity services (the DISCERN study)
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048285
Abstract: Patients and families are entitled to an open disclosure and discussion of healthcare incidents affecting them. This reduces distress and contributes to learning for safety improvement. Complex barriers prevent effective disclosure and continue in the… read more here.
Keywords: nhs maternity; study; realist; disclosure discussion ... See more keywords
Influence of contextual factors on strengthening key strategic and operational levers of primary healthcare to achieve universal health coverage: a protocol for a realist review
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070370
Abstract: Introduction Existing scoping reviews on the link between primary healthcare (PHC) and universal health coverage (UHC) have not sufficiently addressed the underlying causal mechanisms in which key strategic and operational PHC levers contribute to improved… read more here.
Keywords: realist; health; review; strategic operational ... See more keywords
Upskilling programmes for unregulated care providers to provide diabetic foot screening for systematically marginalised populations: how, why and in what contexts do they work? A realist review
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081006
Abstract: Objective We aimed to understand how, why and in what context upskilling programmes for unregulated care providers (UCPs) to provide foot screening for systematically marginalised groups living with diabetes were implemented. Design We used realist… read more here.
Keywords: upskilling programmes; care; realist; foot ... See more keywords