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Reflexivity involves the ability to understand how one's social locations and experiences of advantage or disadvantage have shaped the way one understands the world. The capacity for reflexivity is crucial because it informs clinical decisions, which can lead to improvements in service delivery and patient outcomes. In this article, we present a scoping study that explored educational strategies designed to enhance reflexivity among clinicians and/or health profession students. We reviewed articles and grey literature that address the question: What is known about strategies for enhancing reflexivity among clinicians and students in health professional training programs? We searched multiple databases using keywords including: reflexivity, reflective, allied health professionals, pedagogy, learning, and education. The search strategy was iterative and involved three reviews. Each abstract was independently reviewed by two team members. Sixty-eight texts met the inclusion criteria. There was great diversity among the educational strategies and among health professions. Commonalities across strategies were identified related to reflective writing, experiential learning, classroom-based activities, continuing education, and online learning. We also summarize the 19 texts that evaluated educational strategies to enhance reflexivity. Further research and education is urgently needed for more equitable and socially-just health care. URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1603140

At the core of feminist reflections on the question of standpoint for the analysis of women's activities are those Marxian phrases that allow the female gender a place among the working people as well as necessitating special historical and methodological research, insofar as women gain »situated knowledges«. The text outlines how feminists have taken up and applied the standpoint concept and how this has led to criticism of the universality of knowledge. It discusses critique of and resistance against violence as a feminist standpoint. The patriarchal system has always been intertwined with economic and ethno-nationalist power - predicated on violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the pension insurance debate in Great Britain. In particular, the author discusses the need to raise flat rate pensions and reform the British pension system. The pension plan suggested by the Labour Party is outlined and public response to the plan as well as a criticism from British newspaper "The Times" is presented. Financial aspects of the suggested pension plan and its possible economic effects are discussed.