Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent medical humanitarian organisation working in over 70 countries. It has provided medical assistance for over 35 years to populations vulnerable through conflict, disease and inadequate health systems. Medical ethics define the starting point of the relationship between medical staff and patients. The ethics of humanitarian interventions and...

In this paper we investigate how participation in the Early Assessment Program, which provides California high school juniors with information about their academic readiness for college-level work at California State University campuses, affects their college-going behavior and need for remediation in college. Using administrative records from California State University,–Sacramento and the Cal...

The dynamic nature of the management function in global business today and the realisation that what works effectively in one country may not be as efficient in another has led management scholars and practising managers in continuous efforts to enhance their understanding of this environment and its effects to managers. This chapter explores management across cultures. The discussion starts wi...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that several provisions of the 1982 Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act were unconstitutional because they obstructed a woman's right to abortion. These provisions included requirements that a woman be advised of possible medical assistance for childbirth and of the father's responsibility for child support, and that a physician inform the woman of abortion's detrime...

On a recent holiday, one of the authors was asked to lend medical assistance to a passenger on the flight out and another on the flight back. Anecdotally, it appears that other doctors are also being asked more often than previously. This led us to investigate the area more closely. About three quarters of in-flight emergencies are managed by cabin crew but in the remaining situations it is off...

It still wasn’t easy, though. “I always had to worry about finances even with the financial assistance,” she said in answer to questions about how financial assistance helped her manage her finances and concentrate on her studies. “In receiving financial assistance I was able to let go of one of the part-time jobs I had, giving me more time to study. My hope is that this scholarship will help o...

ONLY BY LOOKING BACK to the years before the Social Security Act became law is it possible to assess the great progress made in the past decade in providing for needy aged and blind persons and dependent children. The public assistance titles of the Social Security Act were only par t of a comprehensive legislative program enacted by Congress in 1935 to supply work, insurance protection, or as ...