This article discusses the relationship between the demands on nurses’ professional performance and adherence to the use of medicines and supplements for their management. This approach allows us to analyze the transformations of nursing work and how nurses use various natural and pharmaceutical resources to cope with the pressures they face in their professional activities. To understand the interconnection be...
This article discusses the relationship between the demands on nurses’ professional performance and adherence to the use of medicines and supplements for their management. This approach allows us to analyze the transformations of nursing work and how nurses use various natural and pharmaceutical resources to cope with the pressures they face in their professional activities. To understand the interconnection be...
O presente artigo aborda a temática da conciliação da esfera pessoal/familiar com a esfera laboral, a partir de dados de um estudo sociológico realizado em Portugal, junto de três grupos profissionais com particular pressão para o desempenho — enfermeiros, polícias e jornalistas —, assente numa metodologia de métodos mistos. Os resultados elucidam de que forma algumas características da natureza do trabalho (n...
This article discusses results from a sociological study on (i) the sources and use of information on medicines and/or supplements and (ii) the self-assessment of how informed participants were about the last medicine or supplement they purchased. It seeks to demonstrate the plurality of information sources (expert and lay) that individuals call upon—with which they build up their medication literacy—and their ...
Departing from a broader sociological study, this article presents exploratory research seeking to analyse practices of online information exchange on the consumption of medicines and food supplements among students, mainly to improve cognitive performance. It aims to show that the Internet is a relevant space which should be considered when analysing where lay people, specifically students, get information abo...
O presente artigo aborda a temática da conciliação da esfera pessoal/familiar com a esfera laboral, a partir de dados de um estudo sociológico realizado em Portugal, junto de três grupos profissionais com particular pressão para o desempenho — enfermeiros, polícias e jornalistas —, assente numa metodologia de métodos mistos. Os resultados elucidam de que forma algumas características da natureza do trabalho (no...
O presente artigo aborda a temática da conciliação da esfera pessoal/familiar com a esfera laboral, a partir de dados de um estudo sociológico realizado em Portugal, junto de três grupos profissionais com particular pressão para o desempenho — enfermeiros, polícias e jornalistas —, assente numa metodologia de métodos mistos. Os resultados elucidam de que forma algumas características da natureza do trabalho (no...
This article discusses results from a sociological study on (i) the sources and use of information on medicines and/or supplements and (ii) the self-assessment of how informed participants were about the last medicine or supplement they purchased. It seeks to demonstrate the plurality of information sources (expert and lay) that individuals call upon—with which they build up their medication literacy—and their ...
The recent implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) establishes a set of formal requirements that reinforce personal data protection, namely, those concerning the collection, treatment, and dissemination of data on research participants. With the application of this new legal provision at the European level, new types of restrictions are emerging, whose nature and reach intensify the tens...
The recent implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) establishes a set of formal requirements that reinforce personal data protection, namely, those concerning the collection, treatment, and dissemination of data on research participants. With the application of this new legal provision at the European level, new types of restrictions are emerging, whose nature and reach intensify the tens...