97 research outputs found
Parental characteristics, parenting style and behavioral problems among Chinese children with Down Syndrome, their siblings and controls in Taiwan.
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Access barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe: a case study of Chivhu Hospital
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Access to healthcare is one of the basic social goods which ensures that individuals lead healthy and long lives. There is an increased need towards ensuring access to health care for all, which has led to the question of how access is defined. Access in this study is defined as the degree of fit between the health care system and patients. It involves an interaction between the system and patients in a way which removes access barriers to care. A comprehensive framework was used to measure access in this study. The framework allows for a systematic approach to the concept of access and measures access in three dimensions namely affordability, availability and acceptability. Using this framework, the study looked into the factors affecting access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) by patients at Chivhu Hospital in Zimbabwe. Chivhu was chosen because it has a mixed population of urban and rural patients which represents the typical Zimbabwean population. A cross sectional study design was adopted for this study
[N]ot a Story to Pass On : Constructing Mothers Who Kill
Full text linkSociety is horrified and shocked when mothers kill their children. While this reaction may be justified, the reasons behind infanticide are never fully explored. Motherhood has very specific definitions in our society which makes it difficult to understand the motivations behind infanticide. Social institutions, such as the legal system and the media, are responsible for constructing motherhood in such a way that we view mothers who kill their children as simply insane and deficient. This article asserts another possible viewpoint regarding infanticide. Instead of specularizing women, the author urges people to view mothers who kill their children within the context of other love. Other love allows a spectrum of definitions for motherhood, which facilitates a better understanding of these actions. The author illustrates this point through both fictional and factual accounts of mothers who kill their children
Reconstructing First Amendment Doctrine: The 1990s (R)Evolution of the Central Hudson and O\u27Brien Tests
Full text linkIn this article, the Supreme Court\u27s shifting and expanding approach to intermediate scrutiny of commercial free speech under the First Amendment is examined. The author maintains that the Supreme Court has increased the level of review for content-neutral laws regulating commercial speech, while decreasing the level of review of laws affecting the media. The author argues that these analytical shifts have eroded First Amendment protection for the media, replacing the traditional notion that the media is central to a functioning democracy with the view that the press is simply a powerful, commercial enterprise. The author concludes by contrasting two recent Supreme Court cases that reflect the deeply divided court and unclear jurisprudence of current First Amendment doctrines
Spotlight on the Jury: Trial Publicity and Juror Privacy
Full text linkThe note examines the current law regarding media coverage of jury trials and the effect of such publicity on the privacy rights of jurors. The author proposes that the competing rights of jurors and the media be balanced in order that jurors\u27 privacy rights may be protected without excluding the media from the courtroom
Commanding International Judicial Respect: Reciprocity and the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
Full text linkThe recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments have become one of the most prominent areas of interest for many countries in this day of heightened globalization. While the United States has been generous in its recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, many foreign countries have been unwilling to honor U.S. judgments. U.S. recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments is currently handled on a state-by-state basis, governed by state statute or common law. From a foreign country perspective, this system provides no unified procedure indicating under what conditions foreign judgments will be recognized and enforced. The Council of the American Law Institute considered three proposed reciprocity laws in an attempt to make U.S. foreign judgment recognition and enforcement more transparent, and ultimately settled on a version that requires reciprocity.
This note examines the historical, social, and legal underpinnings of sovereign recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. It discusses the three proposed versions of the reciprocity law, and analyzes the version currently adopted by the ALI. The author uses game theory to construct two basic models in order to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of the three versions, and identifies the best strategy for the United States within each model. The author concludes by explaining the advantages of reciprocity, and explains why the reciprocity law adopted by the ALI provides an optimal foreign judgment recognition and enforcement strategy for the United States
Newton v. Diamond: Measuring the Legitimacy of Unauthorized Compositional Sampling— A Clue Illuminated and Obscured
Full text linkThis article discusses how the district court in Newton v. Diamond could have provided the music industry with a path of reasonable determination via which the risk of infringement due to unauthorized digital sampling of a musical composition could be reasonably estimated and prudent licensing decisions made. At the very least, it illuminated a clue through its threshold determination of protectability. However, as the author explains, the court of appeals obscured that clue beneath a conundrum of de minimis use analysis, highlighting the need for courts to settle upon a clear and consistent standard for de minimis use analysis
California Extends the Rights of Publicity to Heirs: A Shift from Privacy to Property and Copyright Principles
Full text linkPrior to January 1, 1985, California law regarding the scope of the right of publicity was unclear, particularly on the question of whether the right was descendible. With the enactment of California\u27s new statute extending rights of publicity to eligible heirs, the state now offers the most expansive protections of publicity rights. This note examines the history of the publicity right, comparing California law to that of other states. The author argues that the new California statute is commendable in giving control over use of the celebrity\u27s image to heirs and concludes that the California statute should serve as a model for other states
Mapping CushingQoL scores onto SF-6D utility values in patients with Cushing's syndrome
Full text linkObjectives: To construct a prediction model of preference-adjusted health status (SF-6D) for Cushing's syndrome using a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure (CushingQoL). Methods: Data were obtained from the original multicenter, multinational study to validate the CushingQoL questionnaire. HRQOL was measured using the CushingQoL and the SF-36 questionnaires. SF-6D scores were calculated from responses on the SF-36. Sociodemographic and clinical data were also collected. Various predictive models were tested and the final one was selected on the basis of four criteria: explanatory power, consistency of estimated coefficients, normality of prediction errors, and parsimony. Results: For the mapping analysis, data were available from 116 of the 125 patients included in the original validation study. Mean (SD) age was 45.3 (13.1) years and the sample was predominantly (83 %) female. Patients had a mean (SD) CushingQoL score of 52.9 (21.9), whereas the SF-6D (derived from SF-36) was skewed towards better health with a mean of 0.71 (median 0.74) on a scale of -0.704 to 1. Of the various models tested, a model which included the intercept (0.61), CushingQoL overall score, level one in CushingQoL item 2 (always have pain preventing me from leading a normal life), and level one in CushingQoL item 10 (my illness always affects my everyday activities) best met the four criteria for model selection. The model had an adjusted R of 0.60 and a root mean square error of 0.084. Conclusions: Although the mapping function finally selected appears to be able to accurately map CushingQoL scores onto SF-6D outcomes at the group level, further testing is required to validate the model in independent patient samples. © 2013 The Author(s)
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