Interactional Patterns in the Chinese Group

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-105
Author(s):  
Viniti Vaish
Keyword(s):  
Interactional Patterns ◽  
Chinese Group

More than carrots and sticks: Economic statecraft and coercion in China–Taiwan relations from 2000 to 2019

Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 026339572096265
Author(s):  
Christina Lai
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Power Asymmetry ◽  
Economic Statecraft ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Economic Coercion ◽  
Chinese Group ◽  
Level Analysis

China has become one of the most important trading partners for many Asian countries, and Taiwan is at the forefront of China’s economic coercion. It also leads to the following empirical puzzle: When can Beijing’s economic sanctions and incentives achieve their desired outcomes? Why and how do they often fail? Given the power asymmetry between China and Taiwan, how Taiwan resists China’s coercive measures contributes significantly to theoretical development in international relations. Taiwan has responded to Chinese economic pressure by diversifying its trade with and investment in Southeast Asian and South Asian countries to lessen dependence on China. It also securitizes China–Taiwan relations by raising public awareness about over-reliance on China’s market. Taiwan is not only a target of China’s coercion, but an active actor in its own right as well. This article re-evaluates the literature on East Asian politics and economic statecraft. First, it highlights the salience of power asymmetry to the field of economic statecraft. Second, it offers a three-level analysis of when and how China exercised economic coercion and incentives towards Taiwan. Third, it examines how Taiwan addressed Beijing’s sanctions on Chinese group tourists starting in 2016. The final section discusses some conclusions that can be drawn and suggests some avenues for future research.

Medicine use of elderly Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants and attitudes to home medicines review

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley White ◽  
Christiane Klinner
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Elderly Chinese ◽  
Chinese Group ◽  
Home Medicines Review

There is a paucity of research into the perceptions of elderly Australian ethnic minorities towards public health services related to quality use of medicines. Among the six fastest growing ethnic groups in Australia, the Mandarin-speaking Chinese and Vietnamese constitute the largest elderly populations with poor English skills. This paper investigates the relationships of elderly Chinese and Vietnamese migrants with medicines, general practitioners and pharmacists, and how these relationships influence their awareness and attitudes of the home medicines review (HMR) program. Two semi-structured focus groups were held with a total of 17 HMR-eligible patients who have never received a HMR, one with Chinese and one with Vietnamese respondents, each in the respective community language. Confusion about medications and an intention to have a HMR were pronounced among all participants although none of them had heard of the program before participating in the focus groups. Respondents reported difficulties locating a pharmacist who spoke their native language, which contributed to an increased unmet need for medicine information. The Chinese group additionally complained about a lack of support from their general practitioners in relation to their medicine concerns and was adamant that they would prefer to have a HMR without the involvement of their general practitioner. Our results indicate a distinct HMR need but not use among elderly Chinese and Vietnamese eligible patients with poor English skills. Home medicines review service use and perceived medication problems are likely to improve with an increasing availability of bilingual and culturally sensitive health care providers.

Patient participation

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Genetic Counselling ◽  
Patient Participation ◽  
Qualitative Difference ◽  
Information Delivery ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Chinese Group

This study analyses patient questions in prenatal genetic counselling (PGC) in a Hong Kong hospital. The focus is on the kinds of questions asked by the patients and the sequential environments in which the questions are asked. The ten patients in the study are pregnant women at or above 38 years of age, four local Cantonese-speaking Chinese, and six of Filipina or Thai origin. The PGC is conducted by a nurse who communicates with the Chinese patients in Cantonese and with the non-Chinese patients in English. Two broad types of questions, medical and administrative, in line with the purpose of PGC, are found in both groups. While both groups share a concern on the accuracy of the test, the Chinese group asks more questions on medical details beyond the issue of accuracy. With regard to sequential environments, questions may be either ‘occasioned’ by the nurse’s prior talk or ‘self-motivated’; both may occur in the positions for minimal responses in extended information delivery sequences. Self-motivated questions also occur as a second or later component in the patient’s extended turn. While the two groups of patients ask questions from either of the sequential positions, a qualitative difference lies in the turn design of the self-motivated questions.

scholarly journals Significant Moments in Improvisational Music Therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katelyn Beebe
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Interactional Patterns ◽  
Musical Elements

Four composite case examples are presented and discussed as they relate to emotional expression, significant moments in the therapeutic process, and communication using a variety of modalities in music therapy with adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Building on therapeutic awareness through discussing musical elements, body movement and posture, countertransference, and interactional patterns, the implications of deep emotional connection and processing are approached using primarily nonverbal methods. Composite vignettes from the author’s clinical work demonstrate awareness of these factors in the moment as they impacted the session, therapeutic relationship, and other professionals’ understanding of music therapy in this population. Implications for emotional processing in clinical practice are presented as they relate to the concepts presented in this paper.

Trauma and the Family

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
David R. Grove ◽  
Gilbert J. Greene ◽  
Mo Yee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Trauma Treatment ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
The Family ◽  
Trauma Survivor ◽  
Interactional Patterns

An analysis of family support or lack of family support as key protective and risk factors is reviewed. Specific aspects of family support is defined and research on how it impacts trauma as both a preventative measure and a central component of the healing process is provided. Research regarding lack of family support and the consequences to the trauma survivor is offered. A description of numerous types of family interactional patterns and they interfere with family support is outlined. Cross-cultural issues related to trauma and trauma treatment are addressed.

scholarly journals Organic or organised: an interaction analysis to identify how interactional practices influence participation in group decision meetings for residency selection

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e026424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lokke Gennissen ◽  
Anne de la Croix ◽  
Karen Stegers-Jager ◽  
Jacqueline de Graaf ◽  
Cornelia R M G Fluit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Residency Selection ◽  
Selection Decision ◽  
Resident Selection ◽  
Interactional Patterns

ObjectivesThis study aims to shed light on interactional practices in real-life selection decision-making meetings. Adequate residency selection is crucial, yet currently, we have little understanding of how the decision-making process takes place in practice. Since having a wide range of perspectives on candidates is assumed to enhance decision-making, our analytical focus will lie on the possibilities for committee members to participate by contributing their perspective.DesignWe analysed interaction in seven recorded real-life selection group decision meetings, with explicit attention to participation.SettingSelection meetings of four different highly competitive specialties in two Dutch regions.Participants54 participants discussed 68 candidates.MethodsTo unravel interactional practices, group discussions were analysed using a hybrid data-driven, iterative analytical approach. We paid explicit attention to phenomena which have effects on participation. Word counts and an inductive qualitative analysis were used to identify existing variations in the current practices.ResultsWe found a wide variety of practices. We highlight two distinct interactional patterns, which are illustrative of a spectrum of turn-taking practices, interactional norms and conventions in the meetings. Typical for the first pattern—‘organised’—is a chairperson who is in control of the topic and turn-taking process, silences between turns and a slow topic development. The second pattern—‘organic’—can be recognised by overlapping speech, clearly voiced disagreements and negotiation about the organisation of the discussion. Both interactional patterns influence the availability of information, as they create different types of thresholds for participation.ConclusionsBy deconstructing group decision-making meetings concerning resident selection, we show how structure, interactional norms and conventions affect participation. We identified a spectrum ranging from organic to organised. Both ends have different effects on possibilities for committee members to participate. Awareness of this spectrum might help groups to optimise decision processes by enriching the range of perspectives shared.

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