Designing Computerized Clinical Information Systems to Monitor Interventions on the Agency Level

The aim of this paper is to suggest an approach to the design of computerized clinical information systems to help meet the information needs of practitioners in social service agencies. Further, the interest is in data that can and should be collected as integral part of practice and not as part of one-shot research endeavors. This paper presents a brief analysis of what outputs a clinical information system should produce in order to meet information needs of clinicians, and suggests guidelines for the design of such systems. Two applications of information systems based on these guidelines are presented and discussed. In the discussion, the paper identifies the need for programming tools which would faciliate the interface between practitioners and data base programs. Finally, the implications of the availability of this information technology for clinical judgment and for individualized interventions are briefly discussed.     

“Doing Gender”

Abstract

Through thinking about and empirically analyzing lesbigay domestic arrangements in Sweden, this paper aims at broadening the understanding of gender and further developing the “doing gender” perspective as applied to housework division. It begins with a review of empirical findings of and the application of the “doing gender” approach to housework division, identifying problems associated with a focus on heterosexual units in a context where gender norms are seemingly homogeneous and conventional. To make full use of the perspective, it is necessary to allow for contradictions in and resistance against normative expectations of gender. Empirically, this translates to exploring domestic arrangements in a variety of settings with different normative expectations of gender. This paper takes a small step in this direction through undertaking an empirical study of the division of housework in lesbigay households in Sweden and finds a strong pattern of egalitarianism that consists less in a 50% split between the couple in all household tasks but in the fluidity, complexity, and deliberateness in which housework is shared, especially among lesbian couples. The analysis further underscores the importance of gender in lesbigay households.     

The turn to the self: From “Big Character Posters” to YouTube videos1

This paper explores the process by which user‐created content in contemporary China has evolved from being appropriated as a weapon of political mobilization and accusation to serving as a vehicle of independent self‐representation. The analysis is set in the context of the social, political and economic metamorphosis that China has undergone in the past five decades and foregrounds the dynamics of political, economic and technological forces transforming Chinese media. The metaphor of “the wall” is used to chart the contours of the struggle for self‐expression and representation. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the political and social implications of the Internet and networked user created media content for China.     

诗言志歌抒情诗词情意浓塑形象创意境尽从诗词出——《红楼梦》创作美学系列论文“红楼艺鉴”之二十八

《红楼梦》有一个突出特点是诗言志歌抒情诗词情意浓,塑形象创意境尽从诗词出.《水浒传》、《西游记》等诗词歌赋非小说化行为非常严重,而《红楼梦》诗词歌赋创作则几乎没有这样的问题,它自然天成,而成为《红楼梦》的有机组成部分,并且为《红楼梦》诗意美意境、诗化小说的创设、哲理的表达、艺术形象的塑造和构成故事情节、推动故事情节的发展以及渲染环境和制造气氛等发挥了极其重要的作用,因而形成了《红楼梦》的经典和优秀,进而成为小说的摹本.     

马克思主义哲学视阈下的心理契约问题

相对于经济型组织和个体来说,知识型组织与个体的心理契约远比经济契约发挥的作用要大.文章在分析心理契约概念和背逆的基础上,着重从马克思主义哲学的层面来阐释和分析心理契约问题,旨在拓宽这一问题的研究领域,为我国和谐社会建设提供理论上的借鉴.     

论马克思主义哲学“人”与“自然”和谐的思想——兼论我国生态文明建设的哲学基础

马克思主义哲学主张自然是万物之母,人是自然之子;人靠自然界生活;自然界是一切财富和文化的源泉;人应当是自然大家庭的善良成员。马克思主义关于人与自然和谐的思想是生态文明建设的哲学基础。     

Growing Up in a “WE” Family

SUMMARY

When couples choose to parent as a unit (the couple as WE) rather than as autonomous individuals, they and their children both benefit. The current article details some ways that parents can further expand their “couple as WE” into a “family as WE” with active parents and socially perceptive children. The article also discusses ways that family members can start and maintain a family dialogue.     

Family Social Work: The Past and the Present

SUMMARY

It is easy to blame the dysfunction of a family member on his or her behavioral patterns. I use the title, “It's the Relationship, Stupid!” not to talk down to family therapists, but to remind myself that the source of dysfunction is usually family relationships, especially the marriage relationship. This article gives several case studies for practical application of therapy techniques that focus on developing the “WE” of the family unit. One practical technique that I developed is a communication typology. The married couple (and family members) are divided into “Painters” and “Pointers.” This typology explains much of the conflict and mis-communication that leads to the breakdown of the “WE.” This article also presents dysfunction within the individual as a relationship problem and introduces the concept of the “spirit” of the individual as expressing the relationship the person has with self.     

Between martyrology and historiography: Elias Tcherikower and the making of a pogrom historian

This article examines the dialectical relationship between martyrology and historiography, religion and secularism in the works of the Russian‐Jewish historian and communal activist, Elias Tcherikower. Tcherikower, although a disciple of Shimon Dubnov, who maintained a commitment to a positive portrayal of Jewish life in the Diaspora, championed what Salo Baron called “the lachrymose conception of Jewish history,” the view that understood Jewish history as consisting primarily of a series of persecutions. From World War One onward, Tcherikower romanticised Jewish martyrs and argued that religious and cultural renaissance followed on the heels of persecution and martyrdom. This preoccupation with the relationship between Jewish martyrdom and cultural creativity inspired Tcherikower first in his role as an historian of the pogroms of the Russian Civil War and then as a leader of YIVO. Until the eve of World War Two, Tcherikower believed that modern Yiddish scholarship served the same transcendent purpose as had Torah study in the past and that Jewish historiography could inspire the Jewish people in the same manner as had pre‐modern martyrology. Tcherikower’s work thus provides a fascinating case study of the persistence of traditional religious conceptions in twentieth‐century East European nationalist Jewish historiography.     

从觉察到觉醒:对心灵开悟的现代诠释

人生的一个主要使命就是觉醒。现实中的绝大部分人都处于不同程度的昏睡和梦境当中。这里的睡梦不是指晚上躺在床上那种睡梦,而是指人对身心内外的境况及其真相不觉察的生活状态,这事实上也是造成各种身心疾病和人生不幸的重要根源。觉醒就是让我们的心灵彻底醒来,认识真相,活出真我,类似于传统文化所讲的开悟、明心见性或超凡入圣。觉醒是一个通往心灵宝藏的漫长旅途,而觉察就是这个旅程的开始。更深入的觉察就是观心、正念、活在当下等,这乃是传统文化中各种修行修心方法的核心,也是到达觉醒目标的必经之路。