The question of the ordination of women to priesthood is one that has interested me personally for some years. At some stage I came across the document Inter insigniores from the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith ...

Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman is surely one of the best-known stories of John’s Gospel, and one that commentators like to analyse in great detail. Several studies have shown the underlying structures of the ...

Vil jeg komme tilbake til jobb?» Dette er et spørsmål som ofte stilles tidlig i rehabiliteringsfasen av personer som har fått en hjerneskade. Arbeidsdeltagelse kan etablere en sammenheng mellom tiden før og etter skaden, ...

The article discusses the use of analytical categories like ”Folk Religion” and “Folk Religiosity” in studies of popular religious phenomena. A cluster of terms with similar definitions is identified and discussed, especially ...

Background: Checklists are common in some medical fields, including surgery, intensive care and emergency medicine. They can be an effective tool to improve care processes and reduce mortality and morbidity. Despite the ...

The ethnic Somali inhabited area in the Horn of Africa is presumably the largest geographical area inhabited by a single people group in Africa. It covers most of the three adjoining political units of Somalia, Somaliland ...

The concept “prophetic diakonia” was lifted on the agenda at the WCC meeting in Larnaca in 1986. The debate challenges the traditional understanding of diakonia as humble service, an understanding that had developed within ...

Behovet for helsepersonell øker med alderen. Helsepersonell som utfører omsorg er ofte unge. Pasientenes forhold til tros og livssynsspørsmål bygger ofte på deres opplevelser i barndommen, en tid som var annerledes enn ...

The framework provided by the Millennium Development Goals includes maternal health as an area of priority. Postnatal depression (PND) is a serious public health issue because it occurs at a crucial time in a mothers’ life, ...

Context Telecare and telehealth developments have recently attracted much attention in research and service development contexts, where their evaluation has predominantly concerned effectiveness and efficiency. Their ...