Jill Russell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Russell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Russell |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSELL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6969-6339 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Climate-driven expansion of northern agriculture must consider permafrost
The view from nowhere? How think tanks work to shape health policy
Think tanks seek to shape the business of government by offering policy expertise in a number of areas, including health care.This expertise tends to be presented as 'the view from nowhere'independent, value-neutral expertise that can inform policy.We challenge this view by examining what 'independence' means and how it is performed.We present an interpretive policy analysis of data collected from four UK-based think tanks that have sought to inf…
Being 'rational' and being 'human
The English National Health Service Constitution states that patients have the right to expect all decisions about access to medicines and treatments to be made 'rationally'. Rationality in health care can be framed as instrumental, institutional or practical. In this article, we present a case example from an ethnographic study of the work of 'Individual Funding Request' panels to explore how rationality is enacted and accounted for in deliberat…
Thinking about think tanks in health care
Little sociological attention has been given to the role of think tanks in health policy and planning. Existing work in political science and public administration tends to define and categorise think tanks and situate them as a disinterested source of policy expertise. Despite the increasingly visible presence of think tanks in the world of health care, such work has done little to reveal how they operate, by whom and to what ends. Our article s…
Affordability as a discursive accomplishment in a changing National Health Service
Evidence-Based Policymaking
The idea that policy should be based on best research evidence might appear to be self-evident. But a closer analysis reveals a number of problems and paradoxes inherent in the concept of “evidence-based policymaking.” The current conflict over evidence-based policymaking parallels a long-standing “paradigm war” in social research between positivist, interpretivist, and critical approaches. This article draws from this debate in order to inform t…
Using the online environment in assessment for learning
The development of e-learning has opened up new opportunities for innovation in assessment practices in higher education. This descriptive case study draws upon staff and student experiences of teaching and learning on a web-based Masters programme in primary health care to explore how specific features of the online environment can be exploited to promote assessment as part of learning. It begins by identifying different ways of conceptualising …
Motivation and values of hospital consultants in south-east England who work in the national health service and do private practice
The limits to epidemiology re-visited
The politics of health information
Hospital Discharge of Frail Elderly People
Using contributions from moral philosophy and sociology, this paper explores the decisions confronting care professionals when discharging frail elderly people from hospital. It is based on research into hospital discharge in South Glamorgan that has illuminated the nature of professional decision-making in multi-disciplinary ward meetings. Two key dilemmas are identified and examined in detail: first, the dilemma of discharging elderly people wh…
Perinatal mortality
Using the parliamentary 'Short Report'on perinatal and neonatal mortality as a focus for analysis, this paper attempts a critical examination of recent trends in perinatal health policy debate, and suggests a polemical explanation of such trends. The paper begins by outlining the major concerns of current debate and unravelling the assumptions and apparent contradictions in both'official'and popular arguments. It then utilises a framework and per…
The view from nowhere? How think tanks work to shape health policy
Think tanks seek to shape the business of government by offering policy expertise in a number of areas, including health care.This expertise tends to be presented as 'the view from nowhere'independent, value-neutral expertise that can inform policy.We challenge this view by examining what 'independence' means and how it is performed.We present an interpretive policy analysis of data collected from four UK-based think tanks that have sought to inf…
Motivation and values of hospital consultants in south-east England who work in the national health service and do private practice
Affordability as a discursive accomplishment in a changing National Health Service
Being 'rational' and being 'human
The English National Health Service Constitution states that patients have the right to expect all decisions about access to medicines and treatments to be made 'rationally'. Rationality in health care can be framed as instrumental, institutional or practical. In this article, we present a case example from an ethnographic study of the work of 'Individual Funding Request' panels to explore how rationality is enacted and accounted for in deliberat…
Thinking about think tanks in health care
Little sociological attention has been given to the role of think tanks in health policy and planning. Existing work in political science and public administration tends to define and categorise think tanks and situate them as a disinterested source of policy expertise. Despite the increasingly visible presence of think tanks in the world of health care, such work has done little to reveal how they operate, by whom and to what ends. Our article s…
Hospital Discharge of Frail Elderly People
Using contributions from moral philosophy and sociology, this paper explores the decisions confronting care professionals when discharging frail elderly people from hospital. It is based on research into hospital discharge in South Glamorgan that has illuminated the nature of professional decision-making in multi-disciplinary ward meetings. Two key dilemmas are identified and examined in detail: first, the dilemma of discharging elderly people wh…
Perinatal mortality
Using the parliamentary 'Short Report'on perinatal and neonatal mortality as a focus for analysis, this paper attempts a critical examination of recent trends in perinatal health policy debate, and suggests a polemical explanation of such trends. The paper begins by outlining the major concerns of current debate and unravelling the assumptions and apparent contradictions in both'official'and popular arguments. It then utilises a framework and per…
Perinatal mortality
Using the parliamentary 'Short Report'on perinatal and neonatal mortality as a focus for analysis, this paper attempts a critical examination of recent trends in perinatal health policy debate, and suggests a polemical explanation of such trends. The paper begins by outlining the major concerns of current debate and unravelling the assumptions and apparent contradictions in both'official'and popular arguments. It then utilises a framework and per…
Hospital Discharge of Frail Elderly People
Using contributions from moral philosophy and sociology, this paper explores the decisions confronting care professionals when discharging frail elderly people from hospital. It is based on research into hospital discharge in South Glamorgan that has illuminated the nature of professional decision-making in multi-disciplinary ward meetings. Two key dilemmas are identified and examined in detail: first, the dilemma of discharging elderly people wh…
The politics of health information
The limits to epidemiology re-visited
Motivation and values of hospital consultants in south-east England who work in the national health service and do private practice
Using the online environment in assessment for learning
The development of e-learning has opened up new opportunities for innovation in assessment practices in higher education. This descriptive case study draws upon staff and student experiences of teaching and learning on a web-based Masters programme in primary health care to explore how specific features of the online environment can be exploited to promote assessment as part of learning. It begins by identifying different ways of conceptualising …
Evidence-Based Policymaking
The idea that policy should be based on best research evidence might appear to be self-evident. But a closer analysis reveals a number of problems and paradoxes inherent in the concept of “evidence-based policymaking.” The current conflict over evidence-based policymaking parallels a long-standing “paradigm war” in social research between positivist, interpretivist, and critical approaches. This article draws from this debate in order to inform t…
Affordability as a discursive accomplishment in a changing National Health Service
The view from nowhere? How think tanks work to shape health policy
Think tanks seek to shape the business of government by offering policy expertise in a number of areas, including health care.This expertise tends to be presented as 'the view from nowhere'independent, value-neutral expertise that can inform policy.We challenge this view by examining what 'independence' means and how it is performed.We present an interpretive policy analysis of data collected from four UK-based think tanks that have sought to inf…
Being 'rational' and being 'human
The English National Health Service Constitution states that patients have the right to expect all decisions about access to medicines and treatments to be made 'rationally'. Rationality in health care can be framed as instrumental, institutional or practical. In this article, we present a case example from an ethnographic study of the work of 'Individual Funding Request' panels to explore how rationality is enacted and accounted for in deliberat…
Thinking about think tanks in health care
Little sociological attention has been given to the role of think tanks in health policy and planning. Existing work in political science and public administration tends to define and categorise think tanks and situate them as a disinterested source of policy expertise. Despite the increasingly visible presence of think tanks in the world of health care, such work has done little to reveal how they operate, by whom and to what ends. Our article s…
Climate-driven expansion of northern agriculture must consider permafrost
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