scholarly journals The International Centre for Communication in Healthcare: Creating Safer and More Compassionate Healthcare Systems around the World

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Slade ◽  
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen ◽  
Elizabeth A. Rider ◽  
Jack Pun Kwok Hung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Interprofessional Healthcare

Background: The role of communication in healthcare receives increasing attention, yet little research exists that brings together perspectives from interprofessional healthcare researchers and practitioners with linguists and communication specialists. The International Centre for Communication in Healthcare[1] is a response to increasing recognition of the central role of communication and relationships in the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate healthcare.Objective: To develop a worldwide, multidisciplinary collaborative of internationally recognized healthcare professionals and communication experts working together to translate research into education and practice to improve patient safety, communication and relationships in healthcare.Methods: The International Collaborative for Communication in Healthcare (a precursor to the Centre) began in 2010, and was founded at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in March 2011. We initiated research collaborations and presented colloquia, workshops and papers at international conferences.Results: The Centre, co-convened by PolyU and University of Technology, Sydney, was formally launched at PolyU in June 2013 with over 50 members from over 10 countries. The Centre is developing a strategic research agenda for communication in healthcare to improve the quality and safety of patient care, and to mobilize knowledge and expertise gained from research to guide teaching and implementation of communication skills and compassionate care in healthcare education and practice.  In an early initiative in 2011, we created the International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare[2], a collaborative effort involving people, organizations and institutions around the world working together to restore core human values to healthcare. The values of the International Charter inform the Centre’s research, education and practice initiatives.Conclusions: Effective communication is increasingly recognized as integral to safe, effective, and compassionate healthcare. The International Centre for Communication in Healthcare brings together interdisciplinary researchers, educators and practitioners from diverse disciplines to explore and improve communication and relationships in healthcare settings around the world.References1. The International Centre for Communication in Healthcare.  Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Technology, Sydney. http://icchweb.org2. The International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare. December 2, 2012. http://charterforhealthcarevalues.org

scholarly journals The Limits of Language as the Limits of the World: Cormac McCarthy’s and David Markson’s Post-Apocalyptic Novels

Text Matters ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 62-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Ambroży
Keyword(s):  
Human Values ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World

The article examines the correlation between the world and the word in two novels which engage with a post-apocalyptic scenario: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress (1988) and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006). Shifting the focus from the very event of catastrophe to the notion of survival through memory and storytelling, both novels problematize the strained relationship between language and reality in an increasingly diminished and dehumanized world. My aim is to investigate the limits of language as well as its capacity to withstand the chaos, loss, trauma, and death that follow the apocalypse. The issues to be considered include the influence of external experience on forms of communication, the role of central metaphors (the archive and the museum in Markson’s novel; cinders and the road in McCarthy’s) and their relation to the form of both novels, as well as the word’s (in)capacity to preserve human values and hopes. Both novels will be discussed as deconstructionist projects in which language becomes a habitat at once impossible and life-preserving: in Wittgenstein’s Mistress it plays the role of both home and prison, whereas in The Road it functions as messianic discourse which simultaneously carries, propels and extinguishes the human hope for a transcendental reality beyond the post-apocalyptic emptiness and doubt.

‘Second to None in the International Fight’: Australian Seafarers Internationalism and Maritime Unions Against Apartheid

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 442-464
Author(s):  
Diane Kirkby ◽  
Dmytro Ostapenko
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cold War ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
World Federation ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Together ◽  
New Research

The participation of trade unions in the anti-apartheid movement is a subject which arguably merits more attention. This article brings into focus a group of unionists whose activism against apartheid was in the forefront of key initiatives. Drawing on new research the argument recounts the role of Australian seafarers on the international stage, particularly its association with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and shows how knowledge of events in South Africa passed from the WFTU to educate the union membership. By the 1980s, Australian seafarers were taking the lead in bringing European unionists together in united action to enforce the United Nations' embargo on oil supplies to South Africa by founding a new organization, the Maritime Unions Against Apartheid (MUAA). Reconstructing these events demonstrates two aspects of significance: the growing importance of monitoring shipping as an anti-apartheid strategy coordinated and led by European unions, which we point out relied on ships’ officers and crews for knowledge, and the breaking down of the ideological divide between the WFTU and the anti-Communist International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) working together in the MUAA. The article contributes new understanding of connections between anti-apartheid activism and its Cold War context.

scholarly journals LOVE IN THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS: EXISTING-HUMANISTIC ASPECT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetyana HURLYEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
Human Essence ◽  
A Value ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Spiritual Ability

The article emphasizes the importance of humane values in personal development, in the fullest, creative realization of a person's human essence, in the continuous pursuit of happiness. It is the proclamation and implementation of such values as goodness, justice, compassion, responsibility, freedom, conscience, dignity, honor, and others. From the standpoint of the existential-humanistic approach, the role of love as a value in the nature of happiness, its connection with creativity, spirituality, and dreams is considered. Love as one of the most important human values, the high meaning of life, the spiritual ability of man can be manifested in various types of relationships. The author of the article focuses on love for all that exists - for other people, for nature, for life, for the world, on the meaning of a person's ability to give and receive love. Key words: happiness, love, dream, creativity, meaning of life, spirituality, existential-humanistic aspect

scholarly journals Role of Taizé Music in Catholic Adoration and Protestant Ecumenical Community in Yogyakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Hari Martopo
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The City

Taizé’s music comes from an ecumenical monastic order with an intense devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. It was founded by Brother Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche in 1940 in the French village of Taizé and later spread throughout the world. Now the Taizé community is also growing in Indonesia, especially in the city of Yogyakarta. The Taizé community introduced its model of worship consisting of prayer, music, and meditation. The Taizé community entered Indonesia through Ursuline nuns’ work, and some of them later chose Taizé music as their worship accompaniment. In Yogyakarta, Taizé music is being used formally in adoration worship, namely The Holy Hour Worship by the Congregational Scholastic Congregation of SCJ Yogyakarta. Simultaneously, an ecumenical community called DNTZ Yogyakarta sings Taizé music in ecumenical fellowship activities. These are voluntary activities which are performed at different places and open for public. These two models of Taizé music in Catholics and Protestants communities have become a unique phenomenon as both communities play an essential role in its development by helping each other and working together in harmony.

scholarly journals Kritik Atas Pemikiran Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim Tentang Distorsi Syariah terhadap HAM

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sapiudin Sapiudin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Liberal Studies ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The World ◽  
Rights Issues

In liberal studies, Sharia and human rights are two issues that are often opposed to distort the role of sharia in solving human right cases. In his writings on sharia and human rights issues, Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim often applies rational rules as the source of truth and human values as a goal, but he excludes the role of Islamic law and its interpretation. Naim states that the human right problems in the world can not be solved by the sharia but can only be solved by secular laws. For example, the practice of slavery and discrimination against women and non-Muslims ethnic is a subjective conclusion that is counter productive to the role of sharia. Therefore, this conclusion is unacceptable and is necessary to have objective assessment. It is really clear that sharia is glorious and never distorts human rights at all.DOI: 10.15408/ajis.v16i1.2893

scholarly journals ROLE OF MANSIK BHAVAS ON IMMUNITY W.S.R. TO COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1322-1327
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Bhatnagar ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Sharma ◽  
Dinesh Chandra Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The world was confronted with an illness 'COVID-19', caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This novel coronavirus is highly contagious and in just a few months has become a serious threat to human health all over the world. It was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the end of January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. In addition to the public health challenges, this pandemic has created another parallel pandemic of mental health problems. There are many relations of doing panic and getting the disease and the pos- sibility of Mansik Bhavas like fear (Bhaya), anger (Krodha), grief (Shoka) and not follow Sadvrutta can be the cause or precipitating factor of infection to any person. Ayurveda and modern point of view agree to the statement that different Mansik Bhavas like Bhaya, Krodha, Shoka and not follow Sadvrutta etc. can lead to or can act as Hetu for many diseases like COVID-19 etc. and hence there is the existence of a relation between these Mansik Bhavas and Vyadhi Utpatti. Furthermore, the existing mental health problems have also been seen to exacerbate owing to this pandemic. The mental health problems are both seen among the community members and the healthcare pro- viders who are at the continuous forefront of service provision in healthcare settings. The best way of preventing COVID-19 infection is by enhancing an individual's body immunity. Some of the principles could be useful in mitigating the mental health issues that the current world is grappling with owing to COVID‐19. In this review article, we will understand the Role of Mansik Bhavas on immunity to COVID-19 with different references given in Ayurvedic texts, modern texts and articles. Keywords: Ayurveda, COVID-19, Mansik bhavas (Bhaya, Krodha, Shoka and Sadvrutta), Immunity.

scholarly journals ROLE OF MANSIK BHAVAS ON IMMUNITY W.S.R. TO COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol p5 (5) ◽  
pp. 2976-2981
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Bhatnagar ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Sharma ◽  
Dinesh Chandra Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The world was confronted with an illness 'COVID-19', caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This novel coronavirus is highly contagious and in just a few months has become a serious threat to human health all over the world. It was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the end of January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. In addition to the public health challenges, this pandemic has created another parallel pandemic of mental health problems. There are many relations of doing panic and getting the disease and the pos- sibility of Mansik Bhavas like fear (Bhaya), anger (Krodha), grief (Shoka) and not follow Sadvrutta can be the cause or precipitating factor of infection to any person. Ayurveda and modern point of view agree to the statement that different Mansik Bhavas like Bhaya, Krodha, Shoka and not follow Sadvrutta etc. can lead to or can act as Hetu for many diseases like COVID-19 etc. and hence there is the existence of a relation between these Mansik Bhavas and Vyadhi Utpatti. Furthermore, the existing mental health problems have also been seen to exacerbate owing to this pandemic. The mental health problems are both seen among the community members and the healthcare pro- viders who are at the continuous forefront of service provision in healthcare settings. The best way of preventing COVID-19 infection is by enhancing an individual's body immunity. Some of the principles could be useful in mitigating the mental health issues that the current world is grappling with owing to COVID‐19. In this review article, we will understand the Role of Mansik Bhavas on immunity to COVID-19 with different references given in Ayurvedic texts, modern texts and articles. Keywords: Ayurveda, COVID-19, Mansik bhavas (Bhaya, Krodha, Shoka and Sadvrutta), Immunity.

Prologue: 2009 Joint Meeting of Spondyloarthritis Research and Therapy Network (SPARTAN) and International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis (IGAS)

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2604-2605 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN D. REVEILLE ◽  
DANIEL O. CLEGG
Keyword(s):  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Joint Meeting ◽  
Hla B27 ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Physician Scientists

In July 2009, a 3-day conference was held in Houston, Texas, USA, by members of several groups: the Spondyloarthritis Research and Therapy Network (SPARTAN); the International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis (IGAS); and interested members of the Pan American League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR). The purpose of this meeting was to bring together physician scientists, clinicians, and educators from around the world who are working together to improve their understanding of spondyloarthritis (SpA). In addition to the annual educational and Fellows sessions for SPARTAN members, the conference included a one-day international meeting dedicated to the role of HLA-B27, along with a series of sessions that summarized advances among various collaborative groups and defined opportunities for future genetic initiatives. This supplement provides a review of the SPARTAN and IGAS meetings.

The Role of Communication in The Muslim Community

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
Sulastri Sulastri
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Global World

Humans are social beings who need relationships with others by means of communication. Communication can be done orally, in writing, signs, and symbols. It can be done both traditional and modern, with communication tools from simple to sophisticated tools. This is also appied to Muslim community because Islam is a religion of da'wah, ie the religion which obliges its believers to internalize, transmit, diffuse, transform, and actualize Islamic law (syari’ah) with various methods and media sourced from Al-Qur'an, as book of da'wah, and sunnah of Rasulullah to mad'u (mankind). Islamic Communication is aimed at pressenting communication that is able to uphold human values corresponding to the nature of human creation. Islamic Communication is the process of delivering or exchanging information using the principles and in the rules of communication found in the Qur'an and Hadith. Developments in the world of communication has brought us to the global world and make the community continuously use the media so that it needs the creation of information society (information society). Islam never curbs its people to advance and modern. Convesely, Islam strongly supports its people to conduct research and experiment in any case, including communication.

Agenda-Building role of state-owned media around the world: 2014 Hong Kong protest case

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 238-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianduo Zhang ◽  
Ji Young Kim ◽  
Tiffany L. Mohr ◽  
Barbara A. Myslik ◽  
Liudmila Khalitova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Agenda Building ◽  
The World
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