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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Rural culture"”.
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‘Return to roots’: an examination of the re-presentations of rurality within post-apocalyptic survival video games
… studies have examined the existence of game culture (Aldred & Greenspan, 2011; Atkins, 2006; Kücklich, 2006), but limited analysis has focused on how these cultures relate to their real world counterparts. This study examines the re-presentations of rural culture, violence, and the production …
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Preparing for rural ministry : a qualitative analysis of curriculum used in theological education to prepare clergy for ministry in a rural context
… informed knowledge and understanding of rural clergy preparation programs. Three themes were found that describe the general intent and purposes for the preparation of clergy to work in a rural context. The three themes are: Contextual, Professional Skills Development, and Issue Specific. …
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From Bench to Bedside: Putting Practical Ethics on the Road in Rural North Carolina
… care, bioethics has a minimal presence in small rural and community hospitals, which serve nearly a third of the American population. Rural hospitals and rural professionals face a unique set of ethical challenges stemming from the characteristics of rural culture and limited access to …
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Ethical imperative to health and epistemological distance : rural patients and advanced practice registered nurses
Rural populations have increased mortality, lower life expectancy, and less access to specialty care. Rural health disparities result from geographic, social, and epistemological barriers. In the wake of rural hospital closures, rural patients necessarily seek care from non-rural hospitals. These …
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Metropolitan landscapes knowledge: metropolitan cartography to design urban-rural morphotypes
… impacts of Green-Grey Continuity Breakdown and Rural Neglection, from the territorial to the local scales, demonstrate how Metropolitan Landscapes are hybrid spaces as the boundaries between city and country no longer exist. The handbook aims to disseminate new theoretical and practical …
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A capabilities approach to understanding health disparities
… risk factors for poor health outcomes are race, rural residence, and disability. Individuals in these groups frequently experience poor health outcomes and social disadvantages. Such disadvantages contradict ethical principles such as respect for equal moral worth of all and social values such as …
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Critical Factors For Training In Rural Psychology
… level psychology training who intend to work in rural settings must be familiar with and educated in how rural life and identity impacts clients. Currently, there are few doctoral training programs in psychology that offer courses specifically tailored to rural populations despite the fact many …
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The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture.
… lifestyles of the "ordinary people" within rural Aberdeenshire circa 1890s-1950s. A unique feature of this research is the use of video as a tool for data gathering and presentation. The key themes are direct observations of the "ordinary people" and the author's rural ancestors. The use of …
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Notes from the Ground: Science and Agricultural Improvement in the Early American Republic
… and literary places of agricultural science in rural culture. Part II, “The Science of Place,” asks instead how science interpreted the land, there studying county and state scientific surveys in Virginia. Underlying the entire work is an exposition of the georgic ethic (as distinct from the …
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La cultura organizacional en la frontera en la institucionalización: estudio de caso en escuelas rurales pequeñas de la Patagonia Occidental
… culturales que dificultan la gestión de escuelas rurales aisladas. La información se recogió, primeramente, con entrevistas en profundidad a una muestra selectiva de maestros que ejercen en la Patagonia occidental, como escenario crítico, luego se extendió a otros actores y localidades, y por …
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Farming by Satellites: how West Country farmers were being driven to, and by, precision agricultural systems
… modernise’ conventional, industrial agriculture. It should also increase production rates in industrial agriculture to help to ‘feed the world’ as well as being cost effective in ways that could make farmers more money – miracle-grow formula and win-win technology. There are critical …