Sandy Rao
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4176091 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sandy Rao |
| NOMBRES | Sandy |
| APELLIDO | Rao |
| FIRMA | RAO S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3425-5576 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Becoming Invisible
Young adulthood is a critical period for identity formation, yet young adults with mental health–related disabilities often engage with care systems that erode rather than support selfhood. This qualitative study draws on critical realist metatheory, which aligns with interpretive inquiry while enabling layered explanation. Conducted in partnership with young adult co-researchers with lived experience of mental health–related disabilities from eq…
Navigating the “crossroads”
This article navigates the critical crossroads facing contemporary social work, characterized by the schism between the “Empirical Highway” and “Postmodern/Critical Off-Ramp.” By exploring the evolution of scientific thought and its influence on social work—noting the adage that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, the article advocates for critical realism. This promising metatheory offers a “middle path,” avoiding the we…
Giving, Receiving, Reciprocating
Tipping the balance
Resuscitating Equality
Within the evolving healthcare sector, the focus on health equity has led to interventions that, despite good intentions, often fall short. Recognized by a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, including numerous social workers, as marginally better than inaction-colloquially referred to as 'better than nothing,' these efforts risk overshadowing deeper structural and systemic issues. Consequently, they divert attention from the need for com…
Exploring Foodways as Embodied Knowledge and Multisensory Storytelling
Sandy Rao graphically illustrates with audio, photography and narrative the ways in which food is central to understanding memory, history, culture, and notions of home
In Reply to Naik
We thank Naik for their comments on our review and agree that the voices of patients—the recipients of compassion—are strikingly absent in the evaluation of current and future physicians’ clinical competencies, including their competency in compassion. Naik provides compelling reasons for why patients’ feedback should be more prominent in medical education. So why, in a world of patient-orientated research and patient-centered care, has integrati…
Black Lives, Blue Shirts and ‘Colourblindness’
Black Lives, Blue Shirts and ‘Colourblindness’
Exploring Foodways as Embodied Knowledge and Multisensory Storytelling
Sandy Rao graphically illustrates with audio, photography and narrative the ways in which food is central to understanding memory, history, culture, and notions of home
In Reply to Naik
We thank Naik for their comments on our review and agree that the voices of patients—the recipients of compassion—are strikingly absent in the evaluation of current and future physicians’ clinical competencies, including their competency in compassion. Naik provides compelling reasons for why patients’ feedback should be more prominent in medical education. So why, in a world of patient-orientated research and patient-centered care, has integrati…
Resuscitating Equality
Within the evolving healthcare sector, the focus on health equity has led to interventions that, despite good intentions, often fall short. Recognized by a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, including numerous social workers, as marginally better than inaction-colloquially referred to as 'better than nothing,' these efforts risk overshadowing deeper structural and systemic issues. Consequently, they divert attention from the need for com…
Navigating the “crossroads”
This article navigates the critical crossroads facing contemporary social work, characterized by the schism between the “Empirical Highway” and “Postmodern/Critical Off-Ramp.” By exploring the evolution of scientific thought and its influence on social work—noting the adage that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, the article advocates for critical realism. This promising metatheory offers a “middle path,” avoiding the we…
Giving, Receiving, Reciprocating
Tipping the balance
Becoming Invisible
Young adulthood is a critical period for identity formation, yet young adults with mental health–related disabilities often engage with care systems that erode rather than support selfhood. This qualitative study draws on critical realist metatheory, which aligns with interpretive inquiry while enabling layered explanation. Conducted in partnership with young adult co-researchers with lived experience of mental health–related disabilities from eq…
Sociology (4 obras) · Health care (3 obras) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Engineering (2 obras) · Epistemology (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Mental health (2 obras) · Narrative (2 obras)