Power (Psychology)

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Building capacity through a collaborative international nursing project.

PURPOSE: To discuss: (a) physical, human, organizational, social, and cultural capital and (b) empowerment as two theoretical foundations for building capacity. METHODS: These theoretical notions are examined in an analysis of a joint project between the ...
Linda Ogilvie, Marion Allen, Joanna Laryea, Mary Opare (J Nurs Scholarsh, 2003)
building-capacity-collaborative-international-nursing-project.asp

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Differentiating sex offences: a behaviorally based thematic classification of stranger rapes.

It is hypothesized that stranger rape victim statements will reveal a scale of violation experienced by the victim, ranging from personal violation, through to physical violation, and finally, at the most extreme level, sexual violation. It is also ...
David V Canter, Craig Bennell, Laurence J Alison, Steve Reddy (Behav Sci Law, 2003)
differentiating-sex-offences-behaviorally-based-thematic.asp

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Empowerment in farmers occupational health services.

This study attempted to develop farmers health and farmers occupational health services (FOHS) by examining the effects and feasibility of empowered farmers teams on walk-through surveys of Finnish dairy farms. FOHS personnel of the health centre in ...
Jalmari Heikkonen, Veikko Louhevaara (Ann Agric Environ Med, 2003)
empowerment-farmers-occupational-health-services.asp

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Measuring nursing power within organizations.

PURPOSE: To describe the Sieloff-King Assessment of Departmental Power (SKADP) instrument and the psychometric evaluation of both the SKADP and its revision: the Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Power within Organizations (SKAGPO) instrument. DESIGN: A ...
Christina L Sieloff (J Nurs Scholarsh, 2003)
measuring-nursing-power-organizations.asp

95.

Reflections of an Indian scholar.

In India, health programs have often been imposed on the deprived poor by a syndicate of foreign agencies and the local ruling class. During the first two decades after Independence, the political setting was somewhat conducive to scientific debates on ...
Debabar Banerji (Int J Health Serv, 2003)
reflections-indian-scholar.asp

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Dont underestimate the power of culture.

Integrating a clients health care beliefs into the plan of care is the first step in providing culturally congruent care. Since caring is largely defined within a cultural context, knowing how clients wish to be cared for, and knowing about their ...
Susan Imes, Denise Landry (SCI Nurs, 2002WINTER)
don-t-underestimate-power-culture.asp

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The White Coat Ceremony: turning trust into entitlement.

PURPOSE: To examine the symbolism of the white coat and the nature of authority as employed in the White Coat Ceremony for incoming first-year medical students. Little has been written concerning the rapid spread, bioethical implications or theoretical ...
Philip C Russell (Teach Learn Med, 2002WINTER)
white-coat-ceremony-turning-trust-entitlement.asp

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Is there a technological imperative in health care?

The question in the title will be addressed by first answering the question: What is a technological imperative? A review of the literature makes it clear that there are many descriptions and explanations of the technological imperative in health care, ...
Bjørn Hofmann (Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 2002SUMMER)
technological-imperative-health-care.asp

99.

Supervisory power and its influence on staff members and their customers.

The authors examined supervisors selective use of legitimate, reward, coercive, referent, and expert powers and these power bases influence on two outcomes: (a) employee perception of organizational support and (b) employee willingness to engage in ...
Paula Phillips Carson, Kerry David Carson, Patricia Lanier Pence (Hosp Top, 2002SUMMER)
supervisory-power-influence-staff-members-customers.asp

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Nurse administrators role in health policy: teaching the elephant to dance.

Historically, policies guiding the American health care delivery system have focused primarily on financing disease care. This emphasis on disease, rather than health, has sustained the idea of medical primacy while resulting in poor economic and health ...
Rosalind M Peters (Nurs Adm Q, 2002SUMMER)
nurse-administrator-s-role-health-policy-teaching-elephant-dance.asp