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
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
Why patients in specialist palliative care in-patient settings are at high risk of falls and falls-related harm: A realist synthesis
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DOI: 10.1177/02692163221127808
Abstract: Background: Falls are the third highest reported safety incident in Specialist Palliative Care in-patient settings and yet specific risk factors connected with falling and associated outcomes in this setting are poorly understood. Aim: To understand… read more here.
Keywords: realist; palliative care; risk; care ... See more keywords
The ‘onto-logics’ of perspectival multi-naturalism: A realist critique
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DOI: 10.1177/14634996211072369
Abstract: In this article, I argue for a realist anthropology based on the recognition of mind-independent reality; pitching this premise against concerted anti-dualist tendencies in contemporary anthropological thinking. I spell out core analytical entailments of these,… read more here.
Keywords: realist; anthropology; onto logics; perspectival multi ... See more keywords
Using the realist interview approach to maintain theoretical awareness in realist studies
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DOI: 10.1177/1468794119881985
Abstract: Realist evaluation submits that theories and models of how, why, for whom and under what circumstances programs work could be formulated by conceptualizing the relational links between the context within which programs are implemented, the… read more here.
Keywords: realist interview; theoretical awareness; theory; realist ... See more keywords
Unlearning modernity: A realist method for critical international relations?
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DOI: 10.1177/1755088216671535
Abstract: Recent re-readings of classical realism in International Relations have demonstrated that in their critique of modernity, mid-twentieth century realists put their focus on the development of a (self)critical and sceptical epistemology, a focus that often… read more here.
Keywords: modernity realist; unlearning modernity; realist method; realist ... See more keywords