Theme issue for patients: Negative stereotypes are becoming ingrained in national psyche

Special Theme Issue: E-Governemnt

i The Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) always energetically searches the new issues to find and deliver to you the most innovative thinking on electronic commerce in organizations. We continue to focus on strategy, innovation, leadership, technology, and organizational change, while widening our coverage to include e-commerce, entrepreneurship, marketing, and finance. This...

Theme issue: Wound healing mechanisms.

976 Wound healing disorders represent an important medical problem. This is particularly relevant for the elderly, who frequently suffer from complex disease states such as diabetes, venous stasis, or physical immobility, contributing to the development of chronic ulcers. In 1996, 6.5 million people in the U.S. suffered from skin ulcers, with the annual costs for diabetic ulcer treatment alone ...

Theme Issue in memory of Tom Duke

How to measure national stereotypes?

BECAUSE IT IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO EVALuate the accuracy of national stereotypes, the Report by A. Terracciano et al. (“National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures,” 7 Oct. 2005, p. 96) examining the relations between ratings of national character and ratings of individuals in 49 different cultures represents quite a technical achievement. Studies of st...

A global theme issue: bibliography of references.

In August 1996, the International Health Law Committee, International Law and Practice Section, American Bar Association, sponsored a program entitled “Law and Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases” to examine how the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases affects international and U.S. federal, state, and local law. The issues addressed included international legal rules on in...