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The pharmaceuticalisation of sleep and wakefulness : a social scientific investigation of stakeholder interests, policies and practices
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Gabe, Jonathan, Williams, Simon J. and Coveney, Catherine (2015) The pharmaceuticalisation of sleep and wakefulness : a social scientific investigation of stakeholder interests, policies and practices. [Dataset]
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-851877
Abstract
Concerns are frequently expressed in scientific, professional and popular culture about the personal and social costs and consequences of poor sleep. At the same time concerns are being voiced about the 'appropriate' role and use of pharmaceuticals in the management of sleep problems, both inside and outside the doctors' surgery and the sleep clinic. This project provides a timely and topical social scientific investigation of these developments and debates. It focuses on sleep and wakefulness promoting drugs in contemporary Britain since 2000, framed in terms of the role of pharmaceuticals in the medical, social and personal management of sleep problems. The project examines both 'upstream' issues regarding the development and regulation of sleep and wakefulness promoting drugs and 'downstream' issues regarding their meaning and use in medical practice and everyday/night life. These issues were investigated through a qualitative, multi-method study comprising documentary sources, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and detailed case-studies with key stakeholders in field - ranging from sleep scientists, doctors and policymakers to patients, pressure groups and other key members of the public with an interest in these matters. Results are being communicated and disseminated to both academic and non-academic audiences and user groups, including scientists, doctors, patients, pressure groups and policymakers.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | |||||||||
| Type of Data: | Qualitative interview data | |||||||||
| Publisher: | UK Data Archive | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 28 October 2015 | |||||||||
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| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | University of Warwick, University of Sussex, Royal Holloway, University of London | |||||||||
| Description: | Data record consists of 2 data files, the nVivo project files in .nvp format and the interview transcripts in a zip archive, 2 documentation files, including the interview protocol in .rtf format, and an index readme file. |
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