Some Experiences in My Study Life

My Life

Me, my Self and my Avatar Some microsociological reflections on "Second Life"

More than most other web applications, Second Life illustrates the potential of the Internet to amplify the fragmentation of human personality by inducing a manifold of "dummy identities" strictly dissociated from the piloting core personality behind the screen. In contrast to partialized offline identities as they emerge as correlates of "crossing social circles" (Georg Simmel), they transport...

In my life.

One of the things I’ve had to adjust to in the past 25 years is the often transitory relationship with people in my work place. At the end of every year a group of residents whom I’ve worked with for 4 years and a group of fellows whom I’ve worked with for 1–2 years leave to begin their professional careers. Nurses, technicians, and colleagues from other services also oscillate to and from my w...

“It Has Changed My Life”: An Exploration of Caregiver Experiences in Serious Illness

BACKGROUND Informal, unpaid caregivers shoulder much of the care burden for individuals with serious illness. As part of a project to create an innovative model of supportive care for serious illness, a series of user interviews were conducted, forming the basis for this article. OBJECTIVE To understand both individual and interpersonal aspects of caregiving for serious illness. METHODS Twe...

My academic life in neuropathology.

Editors’ Introduction The following reminiscence by Asao Hirano is the third autobiography in a series published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. These have been solicited from senior members of the neuropathology community who have been noted leaders and contributors to neuroscience and to the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) and have a historical pe...