Two aspects of a study examining the congruence of critical caring theory with public health nursing practice are reported. They confirm a congruence between expert public health nursing practice and the theory in terms of (a) a caring/social justice ethics that underpins practice and (b) the relevance to their practice of the carative health promoting process of contributing to the creation of...

J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2005: 31(4) Introduction Immigration has featured much in the media and political arena of late. Foreign patients can present particular challenges to health professionals due to language barriers, cultural differences, transient residency and sometimes complex medical and social problems. Uncertainty about immigration status and rights to National Health Service ...

Until five years ago the scene of public transport in Brazilian cities was dominated by privately operated buses under local protective regulation. From 1996 on, however, this scene begun to change by the emergence of vans operators who challenged bus cartels and the barriers to entry imposed by public authorities. In this paper, a general overview of the presence of vans in Brazilian local pub...

A 1997 Commonwealth Secretariat report on small states commented that “for small states, particularly those that are remote from the major markets and commercial and financial centers, the communications revolution has created the possibility of reducing traditional barriers and opened up new opportunities.” Drawing upon existing research by Nye, Melissen, Chong and others, soft power can be ar...

This article examines the reforms in education that have been occurring in Indonesia following the socio-political change marked by the fall of the Soeharto regime. Democratic citizens are now desired explicitly in the 2003 Education Act. As the decentralisation policy in governance has been implemented, autonomy in education has resulted in several consequent reforms. School Based Management h...

It is now ten years since the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing released its report identifying the barriers that prevented nursing from realising its full potential. A key recommendation was the development of advanced clinical nursing roles that went beyond traditional and institutional boundaries. The constitution and work of the Taskforce is traced in this study, along with the struggle that...

— The stock of wealth held offshore is estimated at US$6 trillion. Many small island economies (SIEs) host offshore finance centers, and some SIEs are highly dependent upon offshore finance. Extreme examples have over 90% of government revenues derived from finance sector activities. Since 1998 a series of international initiatives have been launched to combat harmful tax practices, money laund...

This paper examines the dynamics of introducing IT/IS into local municipalities in Colombia. It addresses the factors that drive the introduction of geographical information systems into public organizations. The analysis is based on data generated from documents and direct interviews in two local municipalities. The findings indicate that technological innovations are introduced by middle mana...