Chinese and German blogs do not only differ in the language of their text but also in many other aspects. This study explores how far these differences can be identified and related to known cultural differences between the two countries. A thorough intellectual analysis of 700 blog pages revealed culturally diverse patterns. Chinese blogs are more graphically oriented. They emphasize the commu...

Identifying, understanding and explicitly involving values and cultural aspects of stakeholders have been regarded as a challenge in the design of interactive systems. There is still a lack of principled and lightweight artifacts, methods and tools for supporting designers in this task. In this paper we propose two artifacts for supporting designers in making explicit both stakeholders’ values ...

Culture—the way people make meaning and live their lives in particular social worlds—matters in psychosis. Culture affects the risk that someone will fall ill with psychosis. It influences its course and outcome, as well as who has access to care and to what kind of care. Culture affects not only the way others interpret unusual sensory experiences associated with the illness, but also the way ...

Childbirth is a relevant happening in a woman's life, as it is a unique moment for the mother-child binomial. This study aimed at understanding the factors that interfere in the experience lived by childbearing women. Seven women who gave birth through normal childbirth in a public maternity in Fortaleza-Ceará participated in the study. Data were collected from June to August, 2003. Ethnonursin...

Culture fundamentally shapes how individuals make meaning out of illness, suffering, and dying. With increasing diversity in the United States, encounters between patients and physicians of different backgrounds are becoming more common. Thus the risk for cross-cultural misunderstandings surrounding care at the end of life is also increasing. Studies have shown cultural differences in attitudes...

Those numeral classifier languages like Korean, Japanese, and Chinese mobilize classifiers together with numerals in naming and counting objects in the world. Classifiers serve to classify objects according to their shape, function and other semantic features often culturally defined. Discrete (or fuzzy) numerals are used to count the number of objects. In Korean and Japanese, plural marking al...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the need for an ecological model and new approaches for meeting the psychological and physical health care needs of minority children. METHOD I support approaches that are informal, empowerment oriented, and culturally sensitive and that address illness prevention and health promotion. DISCUSSION Assessment, intervention, and research challenges involved in implementing...

Any study of standards is complicated by the existence of numerous meanings of the term, which are often used virtually interchangeably. A few of these uses are most relevant to this book. It appears that the term fi rst came into general use in English at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. According to a contemporary observer, Richard of Hexham ([1138] 1988, 67), in this battle between the En...