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From Understanding to Deference: Laypersons' and Medical Students' Views on Conflicts within Medicine
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Bromme, Rainer; Thomm, Eva; Wolf, Veronika – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2015
When making personally relevant decisions (e.g. on health-related issues), laypersons have to deal increasingly with science-based knowledge claims that are frequently not only inconsistent if not contradictory but also beyond their own everyday understanding. Nevertheless, they need to reason about these issues. The present interview study…
Descriptors: Lay People, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Decision Making
Scale-Independent Bibliometric Indicators
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Katz, J. Sylvan – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of Anthony F. J. van Raan's article titled, "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure." van Raan makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Medical Research, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 49, August 13, 2004
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Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This August 13, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Don't Be That Guy" (Ben-Al, Sarah; Sterritt, David); (2) "A Diverse…
Descriptors: Career Development, Higher Education, Diversity (Faculty), Sociology