'A medical case history … ': Huntington's disease and psychiatry.

An important insight arising from the work of Michel Foucault is greater attention to the ways medical science produces subjects. In the case of Huntington's disease, the subjectivity produced has historically been constructed as dysfunctional and threatening, while the subjectivity of the researcher was unscrutinised. This paper describes a Foucauldian analysis of 20th century medical and social scientific literature on the social consequences of Huntington's disease.

Health and Daily Functioning of Older Women Religious.

Objectives: Women religious in the United States are aging as a population. These women live in a communal setting, eat from the same kitchen, are nulliparous, and have similar access to healthcare. The purpose of this study was to examine the general health and health practices of a modern sample of older women religious.

Building the evidence for dedicated education unit sustainability and partnership success.

Aim: To evaluate the sustainability of dedicated education units (DEUs) within an academic-service partnership.

Background: A two-year, multisite, mixed-methods study with a randomized control trial was designed to isolate the effects of the DEU innovation on clinical education quality, teaching capacity, work life, and productivity.

Method: Interview data from 34 participants were analyzed for interactions and behaviors that indicated sustainability.

Evaluating dedicated education units for clinical education quality.

Dedicated education units (DEUs) have emerged as an important clinical education innovation within academic practice partnerships. However, rigorous evaluation has not been conducted previously. This article presents findings from a randomized, controlled, multiyear, multisite study comparing the clinical education quality for students educated in either the DEU innovation or traditional clinical education model within the same nursing course.