1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910348236303321

Titolo

Asian anthropology / / edited by Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari and Syed Farid Alatas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , [2005]

ISBN

1-134-27100-X

1-134-27101-8

1-280-21573-9

9786610215737

0-203-30814-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 pages)

Collana

Anthropology of Asia series

Disciplina

301.095

306/.095

Soggetti

Ethnology - Asia - Philosophy

Ethnology - Asia - History

Philosophy, Asian

Anthropologists - Attitudes

Indigenous peoples - Education (Higher)

Racism in anthropology

Electronic books.

Asia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Asian anthropologies and anthropologies in Asia : an introductory essay / Eyal Ben-Ari and Jan van Bremen -- Indigenous and indigenized anthropology in Asia / Grant Evans -- Beyond orthodoxy : social and cultural anthropology in the People's Republic of China / Frank N. Pieke -- Anthropologists of Asia, anthropologists in Asia : the academic mode of production in the semi-periphery / Jerry S. Eades -- Native discourse in the 'academic world system' : Kunio Yanagita's project of global folkloristics reconsidered / Takami Kuwayama -- Korean anthropology : a search for new paradigms / Okpyo Moon -- 'Indigenizing' anthropology in India : problematics of negotiating an



identity / Vineeta Sinha  -- An Indian anthropology? : what kind of object is it? / Roma Chatterji -- From Volkenkunde to Djurusan antropologi : the emergence of Indonesian anthropology in postwar Indonesia / Michael Prager -- Anthropology and the nation state : applied anthropology in Indonesia / Martin Ramstedt -- Indigenization : features and problems / Syed Farid Alatas.

Sommario/riassunto

Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed and continue to develop according to their own internal dynamics. With chapters written by an international group of experts in the field, Asian Anthropology will be a useful teac

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145593403321

Titolo

Accountability in nursing and midwifery / / edited by Stephen Tilley and Roger Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Science, 2004

ISBN

1-281-31924-4

9786611319243

0-470-77456-8

0-470-77747-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

TilleyStephen

WatsonRoger <1955->

Disciplina

610.73/06/9

Soggetti

Nursing - Standards - Great Britain

Midwifery - Standards - Great Britain

Responsibility

Clinical competence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Accountability in nursing practice / edited by Roger Watson. London : Chapman & Hall, 1995.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Roger Watson and Stephen Tilley -- The development of nursing as an accountable profession / Susan Mcgann -- Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a critical overview of the topic / Kerry Jacobs -- Accountability and clinical governance / Roger Watson -- The legal accountability of the nurse / John Tingle -- Accountability and clinical governance : a policy perspective / Tracey Heath -- Accountability in NHS trusts / Stephen Knight and Tony Hostick -- Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a manager's perspective / Linda Pollock -- Working with children : accountability and paediatric nursing / Gosia Brykczyñska -- Accountability and clinical governance in learning disability nursing / Bob Gates, Mick Wolverson and Jane Wray -- Where does the buck stop? : accountability in midwifery / Rosemary Mander -- Accountability in community nursing / Sarah Baggaley with Alison Bryans -- Clinical governance, accountability and mental health nursing: an emergent story / Stephen Tilley -- Accountability in nursing research / Alison Tierney and Roger Watson.

Sommario/riassunto

Accountability is a key concern for nurses and midwives in the NHS today. Professional accountability--being responsible for your actions and for the outcomes of these actions--is part of the framework of clinical governance, which aims to provide good quality, cost-effective, evidence-based care.The second edition of Accountability in Nursing and Midwifery addresses current issues and key concerns in accountability, focusing on accountability in the four main branches of nursing (adult, child, learning disabilities and mental health), as well as in midwifery, community nursing, and nu