The focus of this discussion is whether there is still the need to enforce the restraint of trade agreements in their pre-Constitutional form. The dawn of the constitutional era has necessitated a re-examination of common law with a view to establishing whether the balance created by the latter (regarding this field) still exists. The Bill of Rights has obviously raised some doubts regarding the equilibrium desired between employer and employee interests. Section 22 of the Constitution is to the effect that everyone must be free to secure employment (as a fundamental right), whereas the common law restraint of trade agreements impose some bars to the operation of the said right. It is common course that the Constitution is more superior to common law, what remains a debateable issue is whether there are any reasonable limits that must be considered to justify the disregard of the Constitution. Serious arguments around the direct and indirect application of the Bill of Rights still persist and failure to resolve them would have the effect of excluding or weakening the application of the Bill to disputes arising in this field. In common law the enforcement of restraint agreements is sine qua non for the greater good of protecting the sanctity of contracts. Contractual obligations must be fulfilled unless it would be unreasonable to enforce same. The question of the onus to prove unreasonableness, which lies with the employee, turns to place an onerous burden on the employee. This coupled with the employee’s weaker bargaining power raises doubts as to whether the employee is in a better position to conclude a restraint of trade agreement. Common law does not consider or accommodate this concern in that its main object is the fulfilment of the agreement. It is believed that the Constitution has ushered in a new approach which focuses mainly on the fairness of the agreement itself. The enforcement of the agreement must pass the constitutional muster built in section 22 in order to ensure that there is equilibrium between the employer (the restrainor) and employee (the restrainee) interests. In the end this discussion explores whether it is justifiable to subject the Right to work (as provided by the Constitution) to the common law restraint which is opposed to the constitutional right. The circumstances under which the exclusion of section 22 is condonable are interrogated within the framework of conflicting case law. / LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

L’isolement avec ou sans contention (IC) en milieu psychiatrique touche près d’un patient sur quatre au Québec (Dumais, Larue, Drapeau, Ménard, & Giguère-Allard, 2011). Il est pourtant largement documenté que cette pratique porte préjudice aux patients, aux infirmières et à l’organisation (Stewart, Van der Merwe, Bowers, Simpson, & Jones, 2010). Cette mesure posant un problème éthique fait l’objet de politiques visant à la restreindre, voire à l’éliminer. Les études sur l’expérience de l’isolement du patient de même que sur la perception des infirmières identifient le besoin d'un retour sur cet évènement. Plusieurs équipes de chercheurs proposent un retour post-isolement (REPI) intégrant à la fois l’équipe traitante, plus particulièrement les infirmières, et le patient comme intervention afin de diminuer l’incidence de l’IC. Le REPI vise l’échange émotionnel, l’analyse des étapes ayant mené à la prise de décision d’IC et la projection des interventions futures. Le but de cette étude était de développer, implanter et évaluer le REPI auprès des intervenants et des patients d’une unité de soins psychiatriques aigus afin d’améliorer leur expérience de soins. Les questions de recherche étaient : 1) Quel est le contexte d’implantation du REPI? 2) Quels sont les éléments facilitants et les obstacles à l’implantation du REPI selon les patients et les intervenants? 3) Quelle est la perception des patients et des intervenants des modalités et retombées du REPI?; et 4) L’implantation du REPI est-elle associée à une diminution de la prévalence et de la durée des épisodes d’IC? Cette étude de cas instrumentale (Stake, 1995, 2008) était ancrée dans une approche participative. Le cas était celui de l’unité de soins psychiatriques aigus pour premier épisode psychotique où a été implanté le REPI. En premier lieu, le développement du REPI a d’abord fait l’objet d’une documentation du contexte par une immersion dans le milieu (n=56 heures) et des entretiens individuels avec un échantillonnage de convenance (n=3 patients, n=14 intervenants). Un comité d’experts (l’étudiante-chercheuse, six infirmières du milieu et un patient partenaire) a par la suite développé le REPI qui comporte deux volets : avec le patient et en équipe. L’évaluation des retombées a été effectuée par des entretiens individuels (n= 3 patients, n= 12 intervenants) et l’examen de la prévalence et de la durée des IC six mois avant et après l’implantation du REPI. Les données qualitatives ont été examinées selon une analyse thématique (Miles, Huberman, & Saldana, 2014), tandis que les données quantitatives ont fait l’objet de tests descriptifs et non-paramétriques. Les résultats proposent que le contexte d’implantation est défini par des normes implicites et explicites où l’utilisation de l’IC peut générer un cercle vicieux de comportements agressifs nourris par un profond sentiment d’injustice de la part des patients. Ceux-ci ont l’impression qu’ils doivent se conformer aux attentes du personnel et aux règles de l’unité. Les participants ont exprimé le besoin de créer des opportunités pour une communication authentique qui pourrait avoir lieu lors du REPI, bien que sa pratique soit variable d’un intervenant à un autre. Les résultats suggèrent que le principal élément ayant facilité l’implantation du REPI est l’approche participative de l’étude, alors que les obstacles rencontrés relèvent surtout de la complexité de la mise en œuvre du REPI en équipe. Lors du REPI avec le patient, les infirmières ont pu explorer ses sentiments et son point de vue, ce qui a favorisé la reconstruction de la relation thérapeutique. Quant au REPI avec l’équipe de soins, il a été perçu comme une opportunité d’apprentissage, ce qui a permis d’ajuster le plan d’intervention des patients. Suite à l’implantation du REPI, les résultats ont d’ailleurs montré une réduction significative de l’utilisation de l’isolement et du temps passé en isolement. Les résultats de cette thèse soulignent la possibilité d’outrepasser le malaise initial perçu tant par le patient que par l’infirmière en systématisant le REPI. De plus, cette étude met l’accent sur le besoin d’une présence authentique pour atteindre un partage significatif dans la relation thérapeutique, ce qui est la pierre d’assise de la pratique infirmière en santé mentale. Cette étude contribue aux connaissances sur la prévention des comportements agressifs en milieu psychiatrique en documentant le contexte dans lequel se situe l’IC, en proposant un REPI comportant deux volets de REPI et en explorant ses retombées. Nos résultats soutiennent le potentiel du développement d’une prévention tertiaire qui intègre à la fois la perspective des patients et des intervenants. / In Quebec, seclusion with or without restraint (SR) affects nearly one in four patients in psychiatric wards (Dumais, Larue, Drapeau, Ménard & Giguère-Allard, 2011). It is widely recognized that this practice affects patients, nurses, and organizations (Stewart, Van der Merwe, Bowers, Simpson, & Jones, 2010). Coercive measures pose an ethical dilemma and are the object of policies aimed at reducing or even eliminating their use. Studies on patients’ experience and nurses’ perception of seclusion showed the need for a review of the seclusion event. Several teams of researchers proposed a post-seclusion and-or restraint review (PSRR) involving both the staff and the patient as an intervention to reduce the incidence of SR. It aims at exchanges on emotions, analysis of the steps leading to the decision to use SR, and projection of future interventions. The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate a PSRR with patient and staff of an acute psychiatric care unit to improve their care experience. The research questions were: 1) What is the context of implementation of the PSRR? 2) What are the facilitators and barriers to PSRR implementation according to patients and staff? 3) What is the point of view of patients and staff regarding the modalities and impact of PSRR?, and 4) Is PSRR implementation associated with a decreased prevalence of SR and a reduction of hours spent in SR? This instrumental case study (Stake, 1995, 2008) was rooted in a participatory approach. The case was an acute psychiatric care unit specialized in first-episode psychosis. To document the context prior to the implementation of the PSRR, the principal investigator went through a 56-hour immersion on the unit and individually interviewed a convenience sample of staff (n= 14) and patients (n= 3). A committee of experts (the principal investigator, six nurses from the unit and a patient partner) developed the two PSRR tools (one for the patient and one for the staff) that were implemented. To evaluate the impact of the PSRR, patients (n = 3) and staff (n =12) were interviewed and data on the prevalence and duration of SR were collected before (6 months) and after (6 months) the implementation of the PSRR. Qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis (Miles, Huberman, and Saldana, 2014) and administrative data were analyzed with descriptive and non-parametric statistics. The findings were that, for patients, the context of implementation was defined by implicit and explicit standards. They felt they had to conform to staff expectations and unit’s rules. Patients believed that the use of SR could create a vicious circle of aggressive behaviours fuelled by their profound feeling of injustice regarding SR. Participants’ viewpoint showed the ongoing need to foster opportunities for authentic communication, especially through a PSSR. The practice of PSSR seemed to vary from one staff member to the other. For staff, findings suggested that the main facilitator for the implementation of the PSRR was the study’s participatory approach, while barriers were related to the difficulties in involving all witnesses of the SR witnesses within the staff PSSR. During the PSRR with the patient, nurses felt they could explore patient’s feelings and point of view, which led to the restoration of the therapeutic relationship. The staff PSRR was perceived as a learning opportunity and allowed for adjusting the patient’s treatment plan. There was a significant reduction in the use and the duration of seclusion in comparison with data prior to implementation. The findings highlighted the possibility to overcome the perceived discomfort of all parties regarding SR by systematizing the use of a PSRR with patients and staff. Additionally, the findings emphasized the need for a genuine presence of the nurse to achieve meaningful sharing in the therapeutic relationship, which is the cornerstone of mental health nursing. This study contributed to knowledge on the management of aggressive behaviour in psychiatric settings by shedding light on the context in which SR practices occur, by offering two PSRR tools, and by exploring the impact of their implementation. The results supported the potential of a participatory research approach in which patients and staff perspectives were taken into account to develop alternatives approaches to the use of SR.

The international civil aviation system is currently going through a transitional phase. Deregulation and liberalization of air transport services and privatisation of certain airlines have contributed to the modification of the aviation landscape. In this context, airline alliances play a crucial role. Both the US and EC authorities have been supportive of airline alliances because they believe that alliances have the potential to increase competition and to provide the consumers with benefits. / The first part of this thesis intends to provide economic and historical background to highlight the reasons for the multiplication of alliances, as well as the political and economic circumstances under which competition authorities assess alliances. The second part of this thesis is meant to determine which legal regime is applied to transatlantic alliances, and whether alliances are assessed like agreements among companies in any other business sector. The third part focuses more specifically on the antitrust control of the Sky Team alliance which occurs in the context of the EU/US Open skies agreement.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2010. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

The aim of the master´s thesis is to analyze the types of road restraint systems, a description of testing road restraint systems and the use of wire rope safety fence in the Czech Republic and abroad. In addition, there is an analysis on the highway of R48 in the section Nový Jičín – Příbor and assessed in terms of the number and type of accidents in connection with wire rope safety fence.

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L’utilisation des mesures de contrôle pour la gestion des comportements violents constitue une préoccupation majeure pour les infirmières qui pratiquent dans les unités de soins de santé mentale adulte. Le recours à ces mesures engendre des conséquences physiques et des traumatismes psychologiques chez les patients et tout le personnel soignant. Par conséquent, la prévention et la réduction de leur utilisation deviennent une priorité. De par l’aspect multifactoriel de cette problématique, la connaissance des facteurs qui influencent l’utilisation de ces mesures est primordiale pour cibler les interventions qui permettent de les prévenir ou les réduire. Les facteurs reliés aux caractéristiques cliniques des patients et au personnel soignant sont bien décrits dans la littérature. Toutefois, les facteurs reliés à l’environnement du patient ne sont pas attribués à l’ensemble des dimensions qui le constituent. Ceci est dû à la rareté des modèles conceptuels qui donnent une représentation structurée et globale de cet environnement. L’absence de cette représentation laisse les facteurs associés à l’environnement circonscrits seulement dans sa dimension physique, alors que d’autres facteurs reliés à ses autres dimensions sont rapportés dans la littérature sans être définis comme des facteurs environnementaux. Le but de cette revue de la portée a donc été d’explorer l’étendue des connaissances et d’identifier les facteurs de l’environnement qui sont associés à l’utilisation des mesures de contrôle chez les patients atteints de troubles mentaux. Afin d'intégrer une représentation globale de l’environnement, le cadre de référence du modèle de l’environnement thérapeutique optimal a été retenu (Optimal healing environment, ETO) (Jonas et al. , 2014). Les étapes de la revue de la portée selon Peters et al. (2020) ont été suivis, ce qui a donné lieu à l'inclusion de 35 écrits. L’analyse thématique des données extraites a permis d'identifier deux dimensions, à savoir l’environnement interpersonnel et l’environnement externe du patient. L’environnement interpersonnel décrit le développement et le maintien d’une relation thérapeutique à travers l’amélioration des compétences de communication du personnel soignant, l’utilisation des stratégies de prévention de crise d’agressivité, l’implication du patient, le retour post-évènement d’isolement et/ou contention et le sentiment d’appartenance à la communauté de l’unité de soins. Il décrit également la création d’organisations thérapeutiques via l’exercice du leadership organisationnel, les initiatives d’améliorations de l’organisation des soins, et la gestion des ressources humaines et technologiques. Pour sa part, l’environnement externe décrit la conception architecturale et le design intérieur des unités de soins où le patient est hospitalisé. Finalement, on pourrait conclure que des trois dimensions de l’ETO qui ont été incluses dans ce travail, les dimensions de l’environnement interpersonnel et l’environnement externe sont les plus représentées dans la littérature des cinq dernières années. De plus, les interventions de prévention de crise d’agressivité et le leadership organisationnel se sont montrés des facteurs clés d'un environnement thérapeutique favorisant la réduction de l’utilisation des mesures de contrôle. / The use of coercive measures (seclusion and restraints) to manage violent behaviors is a major preoccupation for adult mental health nurses. The use of these measures results in physical consequences and psychological trauma for patients and all caregivers. Therefore, prevention and reduction of their use becomes a priority. Due to the multifactorial aspect of this problem, understanding of the factors influencing this measures use is essential in order to target interventions to reduce them. Factors related to the clinical characteristics of patients and caregivers are well described in the literature. However, factors related to the patient's environment are not attributed to all of its dimensions. This is due to the scarcity of conceptual models that provide a structured, global representation of this environment. The absence of such a representation leaves the factors associated with the environment circumscribed only within its physical dimension, while other factors related to its other dimensions are reported in the literature without being defined as environmental factors. The aim of this scope review was therefore to explore the extent of knowledge and identify the environmental factors associated with reduced use of coercive measures in patients with mental disorders. In order to incorporate a holistic representation of the environment, the framework of the Optimal healing environment (ETO) model was selected (Jonas et al., 2014). The scope review steps according to Peters et al. (2020) were followed, resulting in the inclusion of 35 literatures. Thematic analysis of the extracted data identified two dimensions, namely the patient's interpersonal environment and external environment. The interpersonal environment describes the development and maintenance of a therapeutic relationship through the improvement of caregivers' communication skills, the use of aggressive crisis prevention strategies, patient involvement, the post-event return from isolation and/or restraint, and the sense of belonging to the care community. It also describes the creation of therapeutic organizations through the exercise of organizational leadership, initiatives to improve the organization of care, and the management of human and technological resources. For its part, the external environment describes the architectural and interior design of the care units where the patient is hospitalized. Finally, we may conclude that of the ETO three dimensions included in this work, interpersonal environment and external environment are the most represented in the literature of the last five years. In addition, aggression crisis prevention interventions and organizational leadership have been shown to be key factors in a therapeutic environment conducive to reducing the use of coercive measures.

Målet med den här undersökningen är att undersöka hur yrkesverksamma musiker lär sig nytt material. Undersökningen baseras på fem kvalitativa intervjuer som har genomförts enligt metoder från Kvale (2009). Intervjuerna har sedan tematiserats och analyserats baserat på nyckelord som uppmärksammats under intervjun. Det teoretiska perspektivet som används i undersökningen är baserat på John Deweys pragmatism. Undersökningen visar på, bland annat, att alla deltagare lär sig nytt material till största grad på gehör. Undersökningen visar även att alla deltagare var väldigt fokuserade på just den specifika låten de skulle lära sig, och att de till och med använde sig av den låten när de ville lära sig annan musik för sin egen fortbildningsskull. Tidsbrist var även en tydlig faktor under lärandeprocessen, vilket kan leda till allvarliga negativa konsekvenser för musikerna i framtiden. / The aim of this study is to describe how professional musicians learn new material. The investigation is based on five qualitative interviews that has been conducted with a method described in Kvale (2009). The interviews are then thematised and analysed based on keywords found in the interviews. The theoretical frame of the investigation is based on John Deweys pragmatism. The investigation shows, among other things, that the participants based their learning of new material mainly by ear. The investigation also shows that every participant was very focused on the particular song they wanted to learn, and that they even used that song to practise different exercises for their own personal musical development. Time restraint was also a distinctive factor which could supposedly lead to severe negative consequences for the musicians.

<p>The use of coercion in psychiatry involves clinical, legal, scientific, ethical and emotional considerations. This thesis represents an attempt to further increase our understanding of some empirical aspects of this phenomenon. </p><p>Interviews with 202 involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients and 201 voluntarily admitted patients and 295 of their next of kins were performed and analysed together with data from records and assessments made by professionals. Data was collected during two different periods of time with a compulsory psychiatric care law reform in between.</p><p>Experience of at least one coercive measure was more common amongst patients who had been committed during the most recent legislation. Otherwise there were no differences in patient experiences during the different laws.</p><p>Subjective short-term outcome was associated with having a contact person at the ward and being subjectively treated well. There were no relationships between subjective and assessed outcome or between legal status, perceived coercion at admission and subjective or assessed improvement.</p><p>The changed legislation had no clear effect on the attitudes of patients and next of kins towards coercion.</p><p>A majority of patients were able to accurately answer the question whether they had been restrained by belt or not during a specific treatment episode. Nineteen of 115 patients reported they had been restrained by belt. Eleven of these cases were true positive and 8 cases were false positive. </p><p>In conclusion, the main results were first that when it comes to issues related to psychiatric coercion there are typically considerable differences between how these are perceived and interpreted by the professional and by the patient, and second that efforts made to change the face of psychiatric coercion in the minds of patients as well as the public on part of public policymakers have had limited effects.</p>

Bakgrund: Fastspänning i en bältessäng är relativt vanligt förekommande i Sverige och flera andra länder inom den slutna psykiatriska vården. Forskning kring sjuksköterskors upplevelse om fastspänning visar på att det dels uppfattas som någonting etiskt svårt, samtidigt anses fastspänning vara någonting nödvändigt ur en säkerhetsaspekt.  Lite är känt forskningsmässigt kring vad som är patienters upplevelser av fastspänning, och kring det som är känt saknas det aktuell litteraturöversikt. Syfte: Syftet med föreliggande uppsats var att beskriva patienters upplevelser kring tvångsåtgärden fastspänning inom den slutna psykiatriska vården. Metod: Denna uppsats är en systematisk litteraturöversikt som bygger på en sammanställning av nio kvalitativa artiklar. Dataanalysen genomfördes enligt Evans tolkande dataanalysmetod. Resultat: Tre teman framkom kring upplevelsen av fastspänning, dessa var: innan fastspänning, under fastspänning och efter fastspänning. Tio subteman framkom: Patienters upplevelse av en bristande och provokativ vård, patienters önskan av vård när den upplevs bristande och provokativ, maktlöshet och rädsla, känslan av att vara totalt utlämnad och försvarslös, en förlorad verklighetsuppfattning, fastspänning som någonting säkert och tryggt, patienters upplevelse av personalens bemötande, patienters synpunkter på personalens bemötande, patienters behov av att få delge sin uppfattning samt skapa möjlighet till förståelse och negativa konsekvenser av fastspänning. Resultatets teman och subteman ledde fram till en sammantagen syntetisering i form av: Patienters utsatthet skapar längtan efter en vårdande kommunikation. Slutsats: Fastspänning är i de flesta fall en mycket negativ upplevelse för patienter. Patienters upplevelser av fastspänning kan dock förbättras om sjuksköterskan innan, under och efter fastspänning har en vårdande kommunikation gentemot patienter. / Background: Mechanical restraint is relatively common in Sweden and several other countries within the psychiatric inpatient care. Research on nurses' experience of restraining shows that it’s perceived as something ethically difficult. Mechanical restraints is also considered to be something necessary in terms of safety. Little is known scientifically about what the patient’s experiences of mechanical restraints are, and there’s no current literature review. Aim: The purpose of the present study was to describe patients’ experiences of the coercive measure mechanical restraint in psychiatric inpatient care. Method: A systematic review of literature based on a compilation of nine qualitative articles. The data analysis was carried out according to Evans interpretive data analysis method. Results: Three main themes emerged in the experience of restraints, which were: before restraint, during restraint and after restraint. Ten subthemes emerged: Patients' experience of a lacking and provocative care, patients' needs in the experience of a lacking and provocative care, powerlessness and fear, the feeling of being totally extradited and defenseless, a lost sense of reality, restraint as something safe and secure, patients' perception of the staff's treatment, patients' thoughts on the staff's treatment, patients' need to share their thoughts and create opportunities for being understood and negative consequences of restraint. The themes and sub-themes led to a total synthesis in the form of: The exposed patients' longing for a caring communication. Conclusion: Restraint is in most cases a very negative experience for patients. Patients' experience of restraint can, however, be improved if the nurse before, during and after restraint provides a caring communication with patients.