BACKGROUND Psycho-oncology in Korea was introduced among the circle of consultation-liaison psychiatrists, in the 1990s. For almost 25 years, the field has been developing at a steady pace as the psychosocial needs of patients with cancer continue to increase. In this study, we review the history of psycho-oncology in Korea, in a chronological order, within the domains of clinical practice, res...

This article explores an epidemic of love-suicide in a Lahu community of southwest China in the 1950s. Suicide’s rarity and the methodological constraints of ethnographic fieldwork have severely hampered attempts to understand suicide cross-culturally. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods in a longitudinal fieldwork study provides insights regarding the patterns of suicide in a m...

Although many companies invest in the implementation of workflow systems to automate, streamline and improve their business processes, only few studies have investigated the actual impact such systems make on the organization. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of literature on the impact that these systems have on the operational processes and the organization in a broad sense; fr...

Received: 13 August 2003 Revised: 20 December 2004 Accepted: 25 February 2005 Online publication date: 2 June 2005 Abstract The paper provides a state-of-the-art review of several innovative advances in culture and international business (IB) to stimulate new avenues for future research. We first review the issues surrounding cultural convergence and divergence, and the processes underlying cul...

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An international jury composed of Michael Crawford (University of Kansas, USA), Dennis O'Rourke (University of Utah, USA), and Stephen Shennan (University College London, UK) has awarded the Gabriel Ward Lasker Prize 2011 to Dr. Laura Fortunato for her articles entitled "Reconstructing the History of Residence Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" and "Reconstructing the History of Ma...

Critical qualitative methodology provides a strategy to examine the human experience and its relationship to power and truth. Cultural safety is a concept that has been applied to nursing education and practice and refers to interactions that acknowledge and respect the unique cultural background of patients. It recognizes power inequities between caregivers who belong to dominant cultures and ...

The use of ethnographic film to give students a sense of “being there” is a standard in contemporary sociocultural anthropology courses. This paper examines the introduction of a video-based learning tool developed at the London School of Economics and employed at both LSE and the University of Waterloo. The tool, called “What’s Going On?” aims to introduce students to the process and experienc...