THE PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
EDWARD B. SHAW
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Program Committee ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Executive Officers

The President and the Executive Board send their greetings to the membership of the Academy of Pediatrics for the new year. This column will appear irregularly from time to time in an effort to keep the membership apprised of developments which affect the Academy and which must be considered by the Executive Board. The President and the District Chairmen are elective officers of the Academy and in the true sense of democratic representation can only attempt to interpret the opinions of the membership in their action on problems which arise. American medicine is now confronted with many problems upon which neither the individual nor the organization can avoid taking a position. The action of your executive officers must be predicated upon the expression of opinion by the membership. It is hoped that you will keep your officers informed of individual and group opinions upon controversial issues in order to guide their action. The columns of Pediatrics IATRICS are open to the membership in "The Pediatrician and the Public" but it is most desirable that you communicate with your officers directly for their information. The San Francisco session was astonishingly well attended considering the handicap which distance imposed upon many of the members. I should be remiss in not expressing the pleasure of the local Fellows that so many should have come so far and contributed so much. Dr. Edgar E. Martmer and his Program Committee are to be congratulated not only because of the excellence of the program but also because they were able to effect last minute substitutions for participants who, because of illness, were unable to attend, without impairing the structure of the meeting.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-564
Author(s):  
WM. C. BLACK
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
The Common ◽  
American Children ◽  
Michigan Avenue ◽  
Fellow Member

I can draw no other conclusion from this report than that the results of our survey, with which nearly every one of us cooperated wholeheartely and honestly, are immediately being perverted, distorted, twisted, and prostituted to the frank, bold, shameless, support of an idealogy as foreign to everything which has gone to make American medicine what it is today—to make America what she is today—as were the tactics and philosophy of Hitler and Mussolini. This report, which would picture the medical care of American children as grossly inadequate, can only be drawn by comparing our present real status with an ideal, unreal, Utopian, starry-eyed-dreamer's view of a never-yet-attained state of perfection. The real fact of the excellence of life for America's children and the enormous expansion of America's child care compared with that of any other country is completely ignored! The authors of this report must be either stupid, or visionary, and our Executive Board, which approved the report, must suffer from one or both of the same disastrous defects. It is up to us, the common members of the American Academy of Pediatrics, to make ourselves heard in the high places of our organization immediately and with such vigor and unanimity that this report in its entirety will be disapproved and heartily condemned, and another committee appointed which will approach this problem realistically. The approval of this damnable report by the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics places us squarely in the disgraceful, unenviable, and intolerable position of being the first organized group of reputable and honorable American physicians to endorse officially a report and recommendations which are as unAmerican as the machinations of the Kremlin. This insult to ourselves, to our fellow American Physicians, to this great free nation of ours—this desecration of LIBERTY must be promptly, decisively, and completely wiped from our record or I, for one, shall resign from the Organization. Fellow member of the once American Academy of Pediatrics, we have been most disgracefully betrayed! For all of you who see the full and hideously dangerous implications of this report I suggest the following procedures: (1) Write your opinion immediately to your District Chairman, to our President, or both, demanding an immediate emergency meeting of our Executive Board to rescind its approval of the report and then pass a strong resolution of total condemnation. (2) Send a copy of your letter to me and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons will give nation wide publicity to the tabulated results. (3) Inform your colleagues (members and non-members of the Academy) of the nature of this report, discuss it, and publicize as widely as you can its total condemnation. For those of you who may not sense the full importance of the report I append a bibliography for your further study and enlightenment. Obtain and read this material promptly, then send in your letters as soon as possible. You may receive promptly the entire bibliography (except books 7 and 8) from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, 360 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, at a cost of $1.35. For those of you who will not think or act I can do nothing except to hope your numbers are few and that your awakening will not be long delayed.

Facing the Challenge of Democracy

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Thinking ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Party Polarization

Citizens are political simpletons—that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. Certainly, there is no shortage of evidence of citizens' limited political knowledge, even about matters of the highest importance, along with inconsistencies in their thinking, some glaring by any standard. But this picture of citizens all too often approaches caricature. This book brings together leading political scientists who offer new insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, the motivations for political participation, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation. These studies propel a foundational argument about democracy. Voters can only do as well as the alternatives on offer. These alternatives are constrained by third players, in particular activists, interest groups, and financial contributors. The result: voters often appear to be shortsighted, extreme, and inconsistent because the alternatives they must choose between are shortsighted, extreme, and inconsistent.

Strategi Humas Partai Gerindra dalam Membangun Citra Partai pada Pemilu 2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rialdo Rezeky ◽  
Muhammad Saefullah
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Media Relations ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Or ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Right ◽  
Participatory Observation

The approach of this research is qualitative and descriptive. In this study those who become the subject of research is an informant (key figure). The subject of this study is divided into two main components, consisting of internal public and external public that is from the Board of the Central Executive Board of Gerindra Party, Party Cadres, Observers and Journalists. The object of this research is the behavior, activities and opinions of Gerindra Party Public Relation Team. In this study used data collection techniques with interviews, participatory observation, and triangulation of data. The results of this study indicate that the Public Relations Gerindra has implemented strategies through various public relations programs and establish good media relations with the reporters so that socialization goes well. So also with the evaluation that is done related to the strategy of the party. The success of Gerindra Party in maintaining the party’s image in Election 2014 as a result of the running of PR strategy and communication and sharing the right type of program according to the characteristics of the voting community or its constituents.Keywords: PR Strategy, Gerindra Party, Election 2014

Public Service Motivation in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Mastracci
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Popular Culture ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

In this paper, the author examines public service as depicted in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS). First, she shows how slaying meets the economist’s definition of a public good, using the BtVS episode “Flooded” (6.04). Second, she discusses public service motivation (PSM) to determine whether or not Buffy, a public servant, operates from a public service ethic. Relying on established measures and evidence from shooting scripts and episode transcripts, the author concludes Buffy is a public servant motivated by a public service ethic. In this way, BtVS informs scholarship on public service by broadening the concept of PSM beyond the public sector; prompting one to wonder whether it is located in a sector, an occupation, or in the individual. These conclusions allow the author to situate Buffy alongside other idealized public servants in American popular culture.

What Can Economists Contribute to the Common Good Tradition?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Yuengert
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

Although most economists are skeptical of or puzzled by the Catholic concept of the common good, a rejection of the economic approach as inimical to the common good would be hasty and counterproductive. Economic analysis can enrich the common good tradition in four ways. First, economics embodies a deep respect for economic agency and for the effects of policy and institutions on individual agents. Second, economics offers a rich literature on the nature of unplanned order and how it might be shaped by policy. Third, economics offers insight into the public and private provision of various kinds of goods (private, public, common pool resources). Fourth, recent work on the development and logic of institutions and norms emphasizes sustainability rooted in the good of the individual.

A University Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Willetts
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Universities have a crucial role in the modern world. In England, entrance to universities is by nation-wide competition which means English universities have an exceptional influence on schools--a striking theme of the book. This important book first investigates the university as an institution and then tracks the individual on their journey to and through university. In A University Education, David Willetts presents a compelling case for the ongoing importance of the university, both as one of the great institutions of modern society and as a transformational experience for the individual. The book also makes illuminating comparisons with higher education in other countries, especially the US and Germany. Drawing on his experience as UK Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, the author offers a powerful account of the value of higher education and the case for more expansion. He covers controversial issues in which he was involved from access for disadvantaged students to the introduction of L9,000 fees. The final section addresses some of the big questions for the future, such as the the relationship between universities and business, especially in promoting innovation.. He argues that the two great contemporary trends of globalisation and technological innovation will both change the university significantly. This is an authoritative account of English universities setting them for the first time in their new legal and regulatory framework.

scholarly journals The impact of end-userś participation (cancer patients) during the optimization process

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Houwaart
Keyword(s):  
End Users ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Optimization Process ◽  
Patient Organization ◽  
End User ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Organizations ◽  
Crucial Information ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract End-user (e.g. patients or the public) testing of information material is becoming more common in the German public health care system. However, including the end-user (in this case patients) in an optimisation process and thus enabling a close collaboration while developing PIMs is still rare. This is surprising, given the fact that patients provide the exact perspective one is trying to address. Within the isPO project, a patient organization is included as a legal project partner to act as the patient representative and provide the patient's perspective. As such, the patient organization was included in the PHR approach as part of the PIM-optimisation team. During the optimisation process, the patients gave practical insights into the procedures of diagnosing and treating different types of cancer as well as into the patient's changing priorities and challenges at different time points. This was crucial information for the envisioned application of the individual PIMs and their hierarchical overview. Moreover, the developed PIM-checklist enabled the patients to give detailed feedback to the PIMs. With their experience of being in the exact situation in which the PIMs will be applied, their recommendations, especially on the wording and layout of the materials, have been a valuable contribution to the PIM optimisation process. In this part of the seminar, we will take a closer look at the following skill building aspects: What is gained from including patients as end-users in the development and optimization of PIM?How can we reach patients to contribute to a PIM optimization process? Which requirements and prerequisites do patients have to provide to successfully work on an optimisation team?How to compromise and weigh opinions when different ideas occur? Altogether, this part will construct a structured path of productive patient involvement and help to overcome uncertainties regarding a collaboration with patient organizations.

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