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Patient rights legislation and consent in South Australia

Increasingly in developed nations, medical patient rights are being identified as something separate and distinct from the rights accorded under more general civil law. Much civil law is predicated on the idea that the citizen will have a capacity to represent himself or herself in a dispute.

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Media use, uses and gratifications theory, and youth political socialization

Role of Two New Measures of Media Use in Political Socialization Responses on Youth" considers various influences on the political awareness and participation of the youth. The author bases the hypotheses and findings upon a thorough literature study.

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Transition teams and employee morale during organizational change

Christine Gibbs-Springer (2009) commences her discussion of transition teams with the entrance of Barack Obama into the White House, and the adjacent necessity for a strong and committed team to ensure the successful transition.

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Traditional woman and the new woman in early twentieth-century fiction

The woman's traditional gender roles are changing at the beginning of the twentieth century. The "New Woman" seeks to experience life and express herself beyond the social limitations of being a wife and mother and living solely for her family.

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Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel": paranoia and moral responsibility

Stephen Crane's short story, "The Blue Hotel," first appeared in the collection entitled the Monster and Other Stories, which was published in 1899.

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Comparing technical and interpersonal approaches to public sector leadership

Two recent articles in the professional journal, the Public Manager, discuss the role of leadership in public organizations and how leaders can be more effective.

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Commodore Perry's mission and the opening of Japan to Western trade

United States had to penetrate the Japanese Empire as a way of countering the European dominance of trade in the Western Pacific. To do this, Perry attempted to intimidate the Japanese and superior Western technology.

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Three major metaphors driving communication in today's marketplace

What are three major metaphors (guiding or pervasive ideas) driving communication in today's marketplace? Identify and explain.

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The philosophical impossibility of natural experiments in educational research

The Impossibility of "Natural" or "Real" Experiments in the Filed of Education: A Philosophical Examination Science, it is generally thought, is built on empirical investigation and is ultimately dependent on experimentation -- the control of various elements in the observed event, process or…

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Older adult sexuality and chronic illness: a social justice issue

Many assume that older adults are no longer sexually active, so it stands to reason that they would feel this way about older adults with a chronic illness. In their article titled, Sexuality and the Chronically Ill Older Adult: A Social Justice Issue, written by Verna C.

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