Physician leaders see eye-to-eye

Late in 1990, the American College of Physician Executives conducted a survey of hospital-based physician executives and chiefs of staff. Each was asked to judge the performance of the other in a wide range of activities. The results show a surprising degree of mutual regard and agreement. The differences, however, are also telling.     

Prescription for physician executives: take care of your doctors

Considerable attention is paid to employee assistance plans in business and medical groups. Successful plans have improved employee retention, productivity, and morale. But physicians tend to resist these plans, because inherent in a physician's egostructure is a perception that physicians do not need support. In assessing unrest among the doctors in our clinic, it seems to me that our physicians clearly need tender, loving care. This article is a summary of areas in which care can be usefully provided.     

向市场和企业家身份转变:体制的因素和政策选择

撇开政治和意识形态方面的事情不谈 ,支持后社会主义向市场体制过渡的基本经济观点有这样一种假设 ,即这一体系将改善分配效率 ,并进而改善企业的竞争力和家庭的生活水准。这种观点确信 ,将所有权从国家转移到私营部门可以迅速推进这一改善。然而在大多数情况下 ,甚至在 10年变革之后 ,经济并没有回到持续增长的道路上。 1999年 ,四分之一的中东欧国家和前苏联的转型经济仍然处于或正在重新回到紧缩状态。那些不仅仅将注意力放在国家资产的非国有化上 ,同时主要放在风险企业的发展上的国家 ,正着手恢复经济且增长也相对稳定。特别是中小型企…     

大崩溃的余音：金融危机带来的13种意外后果

2008年，媒体有着太多令人震撼的头条新闻：几家大银行在危机中轰然倒坍，道琼斯指数“跌个不休”，大笔救市美元的紧急注入并没有对大萧条以来最严重的衰退产生多大效果。华尔街的生活方式似乎已经到了穷途末路。整个国家——看到了吗，冰岛？——一夜之间像死鱼翻白一样破产了。如果你的上一份工作与“抵押证券交易”有关，那么你是幸运的。     

信息与决策：统计学家的作用

就某种意义上说 ,信息革命已经出现一百年或更多的时间了。但是 ,有机会大规模地收集、贮存、处理、分析和检索信息的戏剧性变化 ,大体上是二十世纪五十年代在一些较发达国家的企业和政府开始把计算机作为手段以来的事。当其统计学家们考虑统计应当从根本上适应信息的使用和分析时 ,为什么人们通常把统计看做对信息革命多少有些不相干呢 ?在考虑这个问题时 ,细细研究一下人们普遍对信息和决策的理解是有好处的。一、什么是信息 ?信息是一个在日常谈话、著作和各种技术领域中广泛使用的字眼。这个字眼对各种不同的人 ,根据他们的背景、在社会…     

学园萃思

由批判而来的作品的历史展开和作品真实内容的哲学展开是处于相互影响之中的。艺术理论不应成为远离艺术的东西 ,而应专注于艺术的运动法则 ,而艺术作品则是封闭性地与这种法则的意识相分离的。艺术作品作为某种客观精神的相面术是捉摸不定的 ,而客观精神在其外观显现的瞬间是从没有被看出的。属荒谬范畴的事物 ,即最讨厌地敌视解释的东西 ,就存在于必须由其得到解释的精神中。作品对现出其真实内容之解释的需求 ,同时就是其本质上不完满的表现。作品并没有达到要客观地存在于解释中的东西 ,未实现事物和实现事物之间的不确定区域便构成了作…     

美国与欧洲的竞争策略

美国与欧洲之间的经济合作是非常重要的,因为双方的经济与全球经济是一个整体.欧洲提供给美国超过2/3的投资资金,事实上,在2000年,流入美国的投资80%来自于欧洲.     

Internet support groups for suicide survivors: a new mode for gaining bereavement assistance

Taken among parents who sustained the loss of a child to suicide this study explores the participation of parents in Internet support groups, comparing their demographic and loss-related characteristics (N = 104) to other parent survivors participating in face-to-face support groups (N = 297). Contrary to expectations that Internet affiliates would be concentrated in under-served rural areas, we found similar levels of urban, suburban, small city and rural residents in both Internet and face-to-face subsamples. Bivariate and multivariate analyses suggested several important factors contributing to interest in Internet grief support including: 24/7 availability and opportunities to invest more time into this type of support group experience. Compared to their face-to-face group counterparts, Internet affiliates experienced greater suicide stigmatization from their families and other associates. Unable to find ready comfort and support from their personal communities, Internet users-and especially highly depressed survivors-sought and obtained valuable help from the Internet support resource.