Gordon Horobin
Biographic Data
| ID | 157659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon Horobin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon |
| FAMILY NAME | Horobin |
| SIGNATURE | HOROBIN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Medical sociology in Britain
Time, risk and routine in general practice1
The paper is based on interviews with a sample of 50 general practitioners. It explores their concepts of time' and 'task' in relation to their attempts to create satisfying work roles. There is a contrast between practitioners in urban and rural settings. For urban practitioners the economy of time as a scarce resource generates an element of risk from brief, 'routine' diagnosis. For rural practitioners time is not seen as a scarce resource, but…
The Division in British Medicine
Aspects of Illness
The Unkindest Cut
Experience with Abortion; A Case Study of North East Scotland
Epidemiological background Jean Aitken-Swan 2. Gynaecological aspects Ian MacGillivray and K. John Dennis 3. The woman's story: married women Jean Aitken-Swan 4. The woman's story: single women Jean Aitken-Swan 5. Social and psychological characteristics at referral Peter C. Olley 6. Long-term psychiatric follow-up Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien Edward 7. Overall clinical psychiatric assessment Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien E…
Doctors, Patients and the State
Family structure and educational achievement
This paper attempts a new look at an old problem. Throughout this century there have been many reports showing that certain characteristics of family structure are associated with the individual's performance in evaluative situations, be these IQ tests, tests of achievement, school and university examinations and even occupational success (for an excellent summary, see Anastasi, 1956). It is well known, for example, that children from large famil…
Therapeutic abortion in North-East Scotland
All Our Future
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
Community and Occupation in the Hull Fishing Industry
r NHIS ARTICLE is concerned with some of the interrelationships of community and occupation in the fishing industry at > Hull, and in particular their relevance to the practical problems of recruitment and planned urban redevelopment as well as to the wider theoretical issues in these fields of industrial and urban sociology. Industrial sociologists have so far confined their attention to the more 'basic' industries, notably coal-mining and steel…
Time, risk and routine in general practice1
The paper is based on interviews with a sample of 50 general practitioners. It explores their concepts of time' and 'task' in relation to their attempts to create satisfying work roles. There is a contrast between practitioners in urban and rural settings. For urban practitioners the economy of time as a scarce resource generates an element of risk from brief, 'routine' diagnosis. For rural practitioners time is not seen as a scarce resource, but…
Community and Occupation in the Hull Fishing Industry
r NHIS ARTICLE is concerned with some of the interrelationships of community and occupation in the fishing industry at > Hull, and in particular their relevance to the practical problems of recruitment and planned urban redevelopment as well as to the wider theoretical issues in these fields of industrial and urban sociology. Industrial sociologists have so far confined their attention to the more 'basic' industries, notably coal-mining and steel…
Medical sociology in Britain
Doctors, Patients and the State
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
Community and Occupation in the Hull Fishing Industry
r NHIS ARTICLE is concerned with some of the interrelationships of community and occupation in the fishing industry at > Hull, and in particular their relevance to the practical problems of recruitment and planned urban redevelopment as well as to the wider theoretical issues in these fields of industrial and urban sociology. Industrial sociologists have so far confined their attention to the more 'basic' industries, notably coal-mining and steel…
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
All Our Future
Family structure and educational achievement
This paper attempts a new look at an old problem. Throughout this century there have been many reports showing that certain characteristics of family structure are associated with the individual's performance in evaluative situations, be these IQ tests, tests of achievement, school and university examinations and even occupational success (for an excellent summary, see Anastasi, 1956). It is well known, for example, that children from large famil…
Therapeutic abortion in North-East Scotland
Doctors, Patients and the State
Experience with Abortion; A Case Study of North East Scotland
Epidemiological background Jean Aitken-Swan 2. Gynaecological aspects Ian MacGillivray and K. John Dennis 3. The woman's story: married women Jean Aitken-Swan 4. The woman's story: single women Jean Aitken-Swan 5. Social and psychological characteristics at referral Peter C. Olley 6. Long-term psychiatric follow-up Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien Edward 7. Overall clinical psychiatric assessment Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien E…
Aspects of Illness
The Unkindest Cut
The Division in British Medicine
Time, risk and routine in general practice1
The paper is based on interviews with a sample of 50 general practitioners. It explores their concepts of time' and 'task' in relation to their attempts to create satisfying work roles. There is a contrast between practitioners in urban and rural settings. For urban practitioners the economy of time as a scarce resource generates an element of risk from brief, 'routine' diagnosis. For rural practitioners time is not seen as a scarce resource, but…
Medical sociology in Britain
Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (3 works) · Abortion (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)