Ronnie Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronnie Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronnie |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2372-1623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Jessica Lynne Pearson
Money, commodification and complementary health care
Someone else’s blood’
In Canada, parents can give blood exclusively for their child’s transfusion, a process known as directed donation. This qualitative study aimed to understand parents’ perceptions in seeking to provide blood for their newborn. Ten parents whose preterm children were cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of one Canadian hospital were interviewed. The beliefs and experiences of parents with regard to directed donation were analyzed with refe…
The Taste for Knowledge
The Taste for Knowledge: Medical Anthropology Facing Medical Realities Fainzang, S., Hem, H.E. and M.B. Risør ( eds ) . Aarhus University Press 2010 €40.95 (pbk ) 258 pp ISBN: 978-87-7934-5157 This edited book brings together a collection of papers from mostly European medical anthropologists that were presented at a conference in Denmark in 2008. It discusses a series of studies within a European setting and reports on a variety of key medical a…
Socio-demographic, health status, psycho-social and lifestyle predictors of self-rated health in the all Ireland Traveller Health Study
Background Irish Travellers have a lower life expectancy than the general Population. Objective health-status indices are consistently poorer in Traveller and Gypsy populations than in other comparably deprived social groups. Self-rated Health (SRH) is established as a valid indicator of objective health status. Methods As part of an all-Ireland census of 10 618 Traveller families both North and South (response rate 80% overall) employing a novel…
P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
Formations of Culture
The Taste for Knowledge
The Taste for Knowledge: Medical Anthropology Facing Medical Realities Fainzang, S., Hem, H.E. and M.B. Risør ( eds ) . Aarhus University Press 2010 €40.95 (pbk ) 258 pp ISBN: 978-87-7934-5157 This edited book brings together a collection of papers from mostly European medical anthropologists that were presented at a conference in Denmark in 2008. It discusses a series of studies within a European setting and reports on a variety of key medical a…
Money, commodification and complementary health care
Formations of Culture
Someone else’s blood’
In Canada, parents can give blood exclusively for their child’s transfusion, a process known as directed donation. This qualitative study aimed to understand parents’ perceptions in seeking to provide blood for their newborn. Ten parents whose preterm children were cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of one Canadian hospital were interviewed. The beliefs and experiences of parents with regard to directed donation were analyzed with refe…
Formations of Culture
Socio-demographic, health status, psycho-social and lifestyle predictors of self-rated health in the all Ireland Traveller Health Study
Background Irish Travellers have a lower life expectancy than the general Population. Objective health-status indices are consistently poorer in Traveller and Gypsy populations than in other comparably deprived social groups. Self-rated Health (SRH) is established as a valid indicator of objective health status. Methods As part of an all-Ireland census of 10 618 Traveller families both North and South (response rate 80% overall) employing a novel…
P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
Someone else’s blood’
In Canada, parents can give blood exclusively for their child’s transfusion, a process known as directed donation. This qualitative study aimed to understand parents’ perceptions in seeking to provide blood for their newborn. Ten parents whose preterm children were cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of one Canadian hospital were interviewed. The beliefs and experiences of parents with regard to directed donation were analyzed with refe…
The Taste for Knowledge
The Taste for Knowledge: Medical Anthropology Facing Medical Realities Fainzang, S., Hem, H.E. and M.B. Risør ( eds ) . Aarhus University Press 2010 €40.95 (pbk ) 258 pp ISBN: 978-87-7934-5157 This edited book brings together a collection of papers from mostly European medical anthropologists that were presented at a conference in Denmark in 2008. It discusses a series of studies within a European setting and reports on a variety of key medical a…
Money, commodification and complementary health care
Jessica Lynne Pearson
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · History (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)