Richard Saltman suggests that solidarity, a cherished notion at the heart of West European health care systems is being reconsidered in the light of today's austere economic conditions. Solidarity, he argues, has always been a flexible moral guideline, one that allows for policy responses, such as limitations on health benefits or increased out of pocket payments, that challenging fiscal condit...

Interactions with animals are pervasive in human life, a fact that is reflected in the burgeoning field of human-animal relations research. The goal of the current research was to examine the psychology of our social connection with other animals, by specifically developing a measure of solidarity with animals. In 8 studies using correlational, experimental, and longitudinal designs, solidarity...

INTRODUCTION Indigenous elders have traditionally played an important role in maintaining social cohesion within their communities. Today, part of this role has been taken over by government social and healthcare services, but they are having limited success in addressing social challenges. Increasing elders' social participation and intergenerational solidarity might foster community developme...

This research studies the performing and Commitment of religious behavior and customs among high-school students and the effective factors involved in Zanjan. The research method is documenting and survey. For gathering data, we use questionnaire in the paper. The statistical methods applied here are Pearson coefficient correlation, and   multivariate variables as well. About 376 samples were...

This paper is concerned with the relationship between solidarity and difference in European countries of immigration. Public and policy discourses on immigration and ethnic diversity in Europe have undergone substantial changes in recent years, revealing a shift away from the pluralist and multicultural approaches of the 1970s and 1980s. The new emphasis is on social cohesion and integration in...

recently, the world health organization has made the need for countries to improve the school context and enhance the health of students at the school in terms of quality of life. this study aimed to determine the relation between improvement, adventure, social solidarity and opportunity with perceived stress among students. during the correlational qualitative research, among the population of...

This paper studies the role of social security in the prevention of social deviances. About 304 of high school girl students in Shoush (South west of Iran) were (systematic) randomly chosen. The research method was survey with questionnaire. The data were analyzed through spss along with Pearson coefficient correlation, Analysis of Variance, multivariable regression and path analysis were used ...

one of very important issues after catastrophes like war is the reconstruction of damages and also rebuilding the social life at the hurting society.  the present article is aimed at addressing reconstruction of those rural communities of kurdistan province which destroyed during iraq and iran war. the fieldwork has been done in three villages: njmar, qalajee, qalagah. using qualitative methods...