Julia Bickford
Biographic Data
| ID | 237428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Bickford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bickford |
| SIGNATURE | BICKFORD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5616-1557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Impacts of Team Culture on Primary Care Teams
Background: Integrated services delivery in primary care is essential, particularly given the current challenges in primary care in Canada. Primary care teams (PCT) provide a way to facilitate integrated care. PCTs in British Columbia (BC) have evolved with widespread implementation of primary care networks, urgent and primary care centres, and community health centres. Team culture can have significant impacts on team functioning and processes, …
Tensions Between Anonymity and Thick Description When "Studying Up" in Genetics Research
Anonymity, according to Tilley and Woodthorpe, refers to removing or obscuring participant information, whereas "confidentiality refers to the management of private information." Both are major considerations for ethics review boards, but can be challenges when "studying up" in qualitative research because of the depth, precision, and uniqueness of the information, and the prominence of research participants. In anthropology, providing detailed a…
Research and Knowledge in Ontario Tobacco Control Networks
Time and the structuring of ritual performance in the xenotransplantation debate
Advancements in biotechnology provoke fundamental questions about the relationship of humans to the natural world. A crisis arises as the knowledge, practice, and policies concerning biotechnology grow further out of step with each other. This paper examines the role of ritual performance as a means of resolving this crisis, uniting the organic with the socio-moral aspects of science, technology and regulatory policy. Ritual performance is eviden…
Unpacking animal metaphors for commercial relationships in the biotechnology industry
Metaphors are cognitive instruments with the capacity to influence how humans think about the world. Guiding our representations and shaping our experiences, metaphor is of anthropological interest because it is an integral aspect of culture. This paper aims to highlight the role of metaphor in the biotechnology industry. In particular, animal metaphors provide a means of consolidating information. In a culture where time is highly restricted, me…
Tensions Between Anonymity and Thick Description When "Studying Up" in Genetics Research
Anonymity, according to Tilley and Woodthorpe, refers to removing or obscuring participant information, whereas "confidentiality refers to the management of private information." Both are major considerations for ethics review boards, but can be challenges when "studying up" in qualitative research because of the depth, precision, and uniqueness of the information, and the prominence of research participants. In anthropology, providing detailed a…
Research and Knowledge in Ontario Tobacco Control Networks
Unpacking animal metaphors for commercial relationships in the biotechnology industry
Metaphors are cognitive instruments with the capacity to influence how humans think about the world. Guiding our representations and shaping our experiences, metaphor is of anthropological interest because it is an integral aspect of culture. This paper aims to highlight the role of metaphor in the biotechnology industry. In particular, animal metaphors provide a means of consolidating information. In a culture where time is highly restricted, me…
Time and the structuring of ritual performance in the xenotransplantation debate
Advancements in biotechnology provoke fundamental questions about the relationship of humans to the natural world. A crisis arises as the knowledge, practice, and policies concerning biotechnology grow further out of step with each other. This paper examines the role of ritual performance as a means of resolving this crisis, uniting the organic with the socio-moral aspects of science, technology and regulatory policy. Ritual performance is eviden…
Research and Knowledge in Ontario Tobacco Control Networks
Tensions Between Anonymity and Thick Description When "Studying Up" in Genetics Research
Anonymity, according to Tilley and Woodthorpe, refers to removing or obscuring participant information, whereas "confidentiality refers to the management of private information." Both are major considerations for ethics review boards, but can be challenges when "studying up" in qualitative research because of the depth, precision, and uniqueness of the information, and the prominence of research participants. In anthropology, providing detailed a…
The Impacts of Team Culture on Primary Care Teams
Background: Integrated services delivery in primary care is essential, particularly given the current challenges in primary care in Canada. Primary care teams (PCT) provide a way to facilitate integrated care. PCTs in British Columbia (BC) have evolved with widespread implementation of primary care networks, urgent and primary care centres, and community health centres. Team culture can have significant impacts on team functioning and processes, …
Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)