In Romania local autonomy is administrative and financial. If local financial resources are not independent from the state budget and they continue to depend on it exclusively and if financial independence remains only a target which has not been materialized in practice, then the administrative autonomy of the communes, towns and counties will not yield the expected results and will still be l...

ions for Composite Activities Information management in the large involves three main concerns, which must be addressed by any approach for constructing solutions: • data integrity and flow: correctness of data and how it is conveyed from one party to another • organizational structure: how the various parties relate to each other • autonomy: how the autonomy of the different parties is preserv...

The child welfare system is in need of fundamental reform. To the great detriment of parents and children, in the current system the state waits for a crisis in a family and then intervenes in a heavy-handed fashion. The state pays scant attention to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. This Article argues that the principal conceptual barrier to the adoption of a prevention-oriented appr...

Patient autonomy may conflict with the professional's need to practice beneficently. A case is presented showing this conflict. This incompatibility between two cardinal virtues in healthcare ethics is analyzed in terms of the philosopher Immanuel Kant's dictum that individual autonomy cannot be abridged. The tension between these two ethical principles is also discussed in terms of the 2008 vo...

This article investigates the power of tribes in Manokwari to occupy back land controlled by state. The basis claim is rooted tribe myth about customary ownership neglected state past. Qualitative research utilized reveal how use myth, power, and connection control land. Tribe over becomes more frequent, especially when West Papua given special autonomy capital city. spirit sovereignty Papuanis...

abstract background: consideration of patient autonomy is an essential element in individualized, patient‑centered, ethical care. internal and external factors associated with patient autonomy are related to culture and it is not clear what they are in iran. the aim of this study was to explore contextual factors affecting the autonomy of patients in iranian hospitals. materials and methods: th...

THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECUrity Act (ERISA) looms like a colossus over the managed care environment. Originally enacted to regulate employer-sponsored pension plans, the statute also covers health care benefits established by self-insured employers (with few exceptions, such as for governmental employees). According to recent Department of Labor estimates, ERISA applies to appro...