Social equality as a moral ideal
How do you motivate people to strive for equal opportunities? According to social psychologist Serena Does, by appealing to their sense of morality. PhD defence 14 May.
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Attitude of family guardian is often determining factor in ending foster care
Inadequate support from the family guardian is often the determining factor for foster families to end foster care. This is the conclusion of Leiden Clinical Child and Adolescents Studies expert Peter van den Bergh on the basis of literature research and a study among current and former foster parents.
Researchers publish findings on medicinal cannabis
How often and to whom do doctors prescribe medicinal cannabis? Arno Hazekamp, a pharmaceutical researcher from Leiden University, and Rob Heerdink, a pharmaco-epidemiologist from Utrecht University, investigated this. ‘The prevalence has been stable for ten years, so the patients seem to be satisfied.’