London, UK. Since its intellectual inception in the 1930s and its political emergence in the 1970s, neoliberalism has sought to disenchant politics by replacing it with economics. But is this framework finished, author William Davies questions.
A hospital-wide communication training program, outlining best practices for doctors to follow in interactions with patients, improved patients’ perception of doctor communication by 9 percent, according to new research. Out today in the American Journal of Medical Quality (SAGE Publishing journal), the study details the largest known experiment of its kind and describes training that can easily be implemented at other hospitals and institutions.
London, UK. SAGE Publishing has entered into a partnership with the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, to establish a new Public Data Lab in order to facilitate social science research, teaching and public engagement activities around the future of the data society.
Data can be presented in a variety of ways, but which are the most clear, engaging, and impactful? SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact, Second Edition by Dr. Stephanie D. H. Evergreen. The full-color text teaches students, researchers, evaluators, non-profit workers, and others who report data how to present research results in a meaningful way.
SAGE Publishing has today announced a new partnership with the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities to publish Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. Published continuously since 1920, the journal covers the latest research findings, practice and theory advances, and policy review in family- and community-centered social work.
Nearly 4 out of 10 students graduate from university with a social science degree. What are their career opportunities? What makes a difference to their employment chances?
SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce that four titles will receive awards from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) at their annual conference on Friday, June 15th. The only publisher that won in every award category, SAGE’s honors include the following:
SAGE Publishing announces the launch of a new SAGE Video collection in Nursing to help students develop career-building skills and techniques. The 75+ hours of video foster clinical skills and teach nursing students to better understand and care for the whole patient. The addition brings SAGE's streaming video resource to 15 collections across the social and health sciences and research methods.
COUNTER provides the Code of Practice that enables publishers and vendors to report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. This enables libraries to compare data received from different publishers and vendors.
