Ghettoising these issues is a perfect device, deliberate or otherwise, for keeping the people who experience them at the sharp end talking amongst themselves.
Much attention has been directed to the implications of human rights arguments for the sharp end of medical practice, in particular end-of-life decisions.
Providing direct access to young people at the sharp end of class and gender inequality, qualitative studies offer important perspectives on the 'fast lane' to adulthood.
They are the people at the sharp end.
These countries, many of them candidate states, are at the sharp end of the refugee problem.
At the same time, many at the sharp end are living in near poverty on a pittance.
The reality is that, whatever the words used, the five-year strategy will mean that many people at the sharp end will go.
That shows that we have given top priority to patient care, and those at the sharp end.
