Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-175).

In a university undergraduate dance department, students seem to be learning more than pirouettes and pas de bourees; students are learning how to construct their identities and present themselves as 'dancers'. As they progress through their undergraduate careers, the students are not only developing technical skills, but they are also learning the ins and outs of how dancers look, speak and behave. Based on three months of observation and in-depth interviews, it seems that developing into a dancer requires developing into an individual who shows unique commitment both to him/herself and to the art of dance itself. While many of the students enter the university focused on increasing their technical prowess measured in terms of turning ability, elevation in leaps, and flexibility, the older students in the program seem to be focused more on finding their own - individualized - standards of excellence, which frequently have little to do with technical 'tricks'.

Most research on medical professional socialization was conducted when medical students were almost uniformly white, upper- to upper-middle class, young men. Today 50% of medical students in Canada are women, and significant numbers are members of racialized minority groups, come from working class backgrounds, identify as gay or lesbian, and/ or are older. This research examined the impact of such social diversity on processes of corriing to identify as a medical professional, drawing on a survey of medical students in one third-year class, interviews with 25 third-year students, and interviews with 23 medical school faculty members. Almost all of the traits and processes noted by classic studies of medical professional socialization were found to still apply in the late 1990s. Students learn to negotiate complex hierarchies; develop greater self-confidence, but lowered idealism; learn a new language, but lose some of their communication skills with patients. They begin playing a role that becomes more real as responses from others confirm their new identity. Students going through this training process achieve varying degrees of integration between their medical-student selves and the other parts of themselves. There is a strong impetus toward homogeneity in medical education. It emphasizes the production of neutral, undifferentiated physicians - physicians whose gender, 'race/ sexual orientation, and social class background do not make any difference. While there is some recognition that patients bring social baggage with them into doctor-patient encounters, there is very little recognition that doctors do too, and that this may affect the encounter. Instances of blatant racism, sexism, and homophobia are not common. Nonetheless, students describe an overall climate in the medical school in which some women, students from racialized minority groups, gays and lesbians, and students from working class backgrounds seem to 'fif less well. The subtlety of these micro-level experiences of gendering, racialization and so on allows them to co-exist with a prevalent individual and institutional denial that social differences make any difference. I critique this denial as (unintentionally) oppressive, rooted in a liberal individualist notion of equality that demands assimilation or suppression of difference.

Darbo aktualumas Gyvenimo kokybės siekiančiai visuomenei sveikatos priežiūra yra pamatinė vertybė. Tai sritis, kur paslaugų kokybę dažniausiai vertina ekspertai, o ne paslaugų gavėjai, taigi, rezultatai gali būti matomi gana po ilgo laiko, kuriuos koreguoti būna per vėlu (Lane, 2001). Prigimtinė žmogaus teisė yra turėti kuo geresnę sveikatą, sveiką aplinką, priimtiną, prieinamą ir tinkamą sveikatos priežiūrą (LR Sveikatos sistemos įstatymas, 1994). Visos sveikatos priežiūros sistemos pagrindinis tikslas – užtikrinti šią žmogaus prigimtinę teisę. 1990 m. Lietuvoje atkūrus nepriklausomybę, pradėta formuoti sveikatos politika - pamažu atsisakyta finansavimo pagal griežtus sąmatos straipsnius, ekstensyvaus stacionarių paslaugų, sveikatos priežiūros specialistų skaičiaus augimo, pasyvios politikos, orientuotos tik į ligų gydymą, biomedicininio požiūrio į sveikatą. Dėmesys koncentruojamas į aktyvios politikos kūrimą. Į šį procesą aktyviai įtraukiamas pacientas/klientas, formuojamas holistinis, visa apimantis požiūris į sveikatą, jos tausojimą, išsaugojimą, užtikrinamas sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų teisumas, saugumas, kokybė, prieinamumas ir kt. (Sveikatos priežiūros reformos tikslų ir uždavinių įgyvendinimo strategija, 2004). Šios nuostatos priimtos 1991 m. patvirtintoje Nacionalinėje sveikatos koncepcijoje, kurioje taip pat numatytos sveikatos sistemos plėtojimo kryptys bei išskirti prioritetai: Lietuvos žmonių sveikatos tausojimas bei stiprinimas, ligų profilaktika, valdymo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Scientific Problem Health care is the underlying value for a society aspiring after quality of life. This is a field where the quality of services is assessed by experts, not by service receivers. For this reason, results can be visible after quite a long time when it is too late to correct them. The inherent human right to have better health, a healthy environment and acceptable, accessible and appropriate health care is defined in the Health System Legislation of the Lithuanian Republic (1994). The main goal of the entire health care system is to assure this inherent human right. Health policy began to take shape in 1990, at the restoration of independence in Lithuania. Financing according to the rigid articles of financial estimates, extensive increase in the number of stationary services and health care specialists, passive policy, oriented only to the treatment of diseases, and a biomedical attitude towards health were all gradually replaced. Attention has been focussed on the creation of active policy. One of the main orientations of health system development has been the reorganization of training for health care specialists – nurses – in accordance with EU standards, especially to ensure that practising nurses have the opportunity for professional expression. The reform of the health care system has also created more tasks – planning of nursing staff demand, licensing of specialists, their motivation, etc. The reform of nursing science, training of general care... [to full text]

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 293-314).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-216).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-165). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-165). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Fachhochschule für Sozialarbeit FHS, Bern, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, March, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.