Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD
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W2tQ provides a space for reflections on a HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE and INFORMATICS model which has universal potential in terms of application and users.
Latest Blog Posts
- Nurses as modellers and informaticians: surely not! on Nov 21, 2009 in data careers semantic web books Hodges Model definitions
Nursing is still trying to escape and evade the sexual 'Carry On' stereotypes that have plagued the profession in the popular imagination. For the majority of people talk of nursing and models more readily conjures up visions of catwalks than an acad...
- The WWW, spam, personality - mood and idealism on Nov 20, 2009 in drugs interpersonal media intrapersonal
According to Technology Guardian 19.11.2009 Cisco estimated late last year that there are around 200bn junk e-mails a day. The (newspaper) article Mixed Messages states that although filters intercept a vast amount of spam, it remains the route for m...
- World Philosophy Day 2009 on Nov 19, 2009 in reflection health promotion global health education philosophy UN dialogue politics literacy
The world's population really needs the skills (literacy!) to balance arguments and debate issues. Today being World Philosophy Day, 19 November 2009 we can see this need as global events re-frame our words. For decades now some of the world's capita...
- Ageism: Four year old ideas and big pictures on Nov 19, 2009 in basic nursing care global health multidisciplinary integrated nursing education academia nursing theory history holism
Models of nursing are still alive and kicking on nurse education curricula. One day ;-) I will do that literature search and look at the numbers and dates of publication. It seems reasonable to assume that there are now fewer newborn and infant examp...
- Dementia, Drugs, Nursing by Degr[EE]s and Care Transitions on Nov 16, 2009 in person-centred UK carers social care dignity and respect drugs dementia older people attitude residential care
Of all the policy issues that government faces the care of an ageing population is irresistible in demanding attention. This one will keep tapping MPs, policy makers and families ... on the shoulder. It will constantly cycle through the government's...
- 2nd iConference Workshop on Sociotechnical Systems on Nov 14, 2009 in USA conference socio-technical technology sociotechnical informatics media
Workshop: “Keywords of the Sociotechnical”Organizers:Steven Jackson, University of Michigan; David Ribes, Georgetown University;Sean Goggins, Drexel UniversityWe invite participation in the 2nd iConference Workshop on Sociotechnical systems, to b...
- Simply the best... 4-Domains Pale Ale! on Nov 13, 2009 in health promotion substance misuse alcohol education care domains media Hodges Model
Drugs and alcoholhave permeatedour various cultures andcivilization for millennia.Our models of health and social care should reflect this. ...More to follow on drugs, dementia and the Berlin Wall.I just had to get this out of my system ...Image sour...
