Sociocultural-Interdeterminist Dialogical Perspective of Intercultural Mutual Understanding Comprehension Deepening

Framework for Understanding Intercultural Perspective Taking in Operational Settings

Understanding HIV Risk Behavior from a Sociocultural Perspective.

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Doubtfulness – a Dialogical Perspective

inner dialogue. Internal dialogical activity often reduces the experience of uncertainty by integration of contrasting ideas. Sometimes, however, the result is quite opposite – doubts grow rather than being reduced. The paper proposes a dialogical model of doubtfulness and presents empirical findings which are consistent with the model. Additionally, the functions of doubtfulness and internal d...

Health Informatics : An Intercultural Perspective

oortals. etc. It is an umbrella term covering two areas: Health informatics is o signifirant contribution to health care. It pmvides health prof~sionals with powerful technologies to enhance their pe$ormance in caring for patients. The introduction of health informatics has added a new dimension in the health discourse. Howeve,: there ore also issues andpmblems which are associated with health ...

Intercultural Communication: A Current Perspective

The study of intercultural communication has tried to answer the question, “How do people understand one another when they do not share a common cultural experience?” Just a few decades ago, this question was one faced mainly by diplomats, expatriates, and the occasional international traveler. Today, living in multicultural societies within a global village, we all face the question every day....