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Different Combining Process Between Male and Female Patients to Reach Their Overall Satisfaction
No full textPatient satisfaction and how it is measured is an important field of study in healthcare. Consequently, there have been many patient satisfaction studies. However, there is a lack of studies that focused on how male and female patients perceive, or weigh, their overall satisfaction. Determining the weights of these attributes by gender is an important outcome to determine overall patient satisfaction and quality of care. Data were collected by applying the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey instrument to record regular patient experience at 70 United States hospitals. The data were collected between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, and there are 43,938 cases in the data set. This study found that all five of the attributes (Nursing Care, Physician Care, Staff Care, Room, and Help) had an association with patient satisfaction. Among them, nursing Care had the largest influence on patient satisfaction of all of the five attributes. This study also showed a statistically significant interaction effect by gender for the interaction between Nursing care x Gender, Physician care x Gender, and Help x Gender. Female patients rated their relationship with their nurses as being more important to their overall satisfaction, while male patients rated their relationship with their doctor as being more important to overall satisfaction. Male patients also rated their relationship with help as being more important to overall satisfaction when compared with the results from female patients. Suggestions to healthcare managers are also discussed
A Habermasian approach to critical reading
No full textThis article explores the connection between critical reading and Jurgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action. It proposes that Habermas’s criteria used for evaluating validity claims in communicative action can be applied in reading texts critically. Analyses of different types of texts are presented to show how critical reading is done in a Habermasian way. This article ends with a discussion of the application of Habermas’s theory in addressing educational issues
Feel the Orff! Play and process for adolescents to older adults.
No full textParticipants who work with adolescents and adults that have had little to no formal Orff experience will find this session stimulating: an Orff-based process for creating appropriate songs and theme based sessions for those music therapists intrigued with the Orff process or instruments — even if their clinical work is hampered by limited availability of musical instruments. Participants will enjoy a discovery learning process that can be effectively adapted to music therapy work
Technology and fine arts education: Participants and patrons in the 21st century.
No full textThroughout the United States, technology is widely accessible and used in k-12 arts classrooms. As society advances through the 21st century, numerous researchers have found advantages and disadvantages of using technology in the classroom. As educators of the arts, it is critical to employ effective ways of transferring knowledge to students. One major goal is to enhance a society where people are participants and patrons in the arts. The purpose of this presentation is to present and discuss: (1) Current trends in the k-12 arts classroom that utilizes technology for formal and informal learning, (2) discuss advantages and disadvantages of the use of technology in arts classrooms, (3) transfer of knowledge to incorporate participation and appreciation of students, and (4) implications for further research
Is Religious Soft Power of Consequence in the World Today?
No full textThroughout history, many religiously inspired individuals have led movements that champion the needs of the oppressed. This article explores the relationship between religious leadership and social change as a complex process involving contestations over power that are often marked by suffering. Publicly engaged religious leaders usually encounter social hostilities and often do not live to see the governmental changes for which they have advocated.This article discusses how Roman Catholic leaders such as Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador and Jaime Cardinal Sin in the Philippines offered leadership that strengthened democratic people\u27s movements. In such places as Burma, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, Buddhist monks have become politically engaged in democratic politics. Methodist minister Tommy Douglas and Baptist pastor Martin Luther King Jr. led movements in the Americas. Against this rich background of religious involvement in changing social policies to protect the vulnerable, Steiner examines the \u22return of religion\u22 to the world stage, as social capital in World Religious Leaders\u27 Summits. This article explores how religious leaders\u27 social capital is influential in these settings to the extent that they hold G8 publicly accountable for the negative impact on the vulnerable of the decisions they contemplate and debate
