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Teacher Autonomy: A Critical Review of the Research and Concept beyond Applied Linguistics

Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2007
In this paper I will review conceptual and empirical research on teacher autonomy beyond the limits of applied linguistics. Research shows that teacher autonomy can be conceptualized as a personal sense of freedom from interference or in terms of ...
Jaime Usma Wilches
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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Everyday Executive Functioning, and Eating Behavior in Adults With Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic condition with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Knowledge about quality of life, executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS remains limited. This study aimed to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), everyday executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS and ...
Cecilie Fremstad Rustad, Charlotte von der Lippe, Hilde Nordgarden, Jeanette Ullmann Miller, Mina Susanne Weedon‐Fekjær, Ragnheidur Bragadottir, Solrun Sigurdardottir   +6 more
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Autonomy and freedom of choice in prenatal genetic diagnosis

, 2002
An increase in autonomy and freedom is often considered one of the main arguments in favour of a broad use of genetic testing. Starting from Gerald Dworkin's reflections on autonomy and choice this article examines some of the implications which ...
Hildt, Elisabeth
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Psychiatric and Cognitive Features in Italian Women With the FMR1 Premutation: A Comprehensive Assessment Using SCID‐5 and Standardized Cognitive Measures

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women with the FMR1 premutation (PM) are at increased risk for fragile X‐associated conditions (FXPAC), including cognitive and psychiatric features collectively termed fragile X‐associated neuropsychiatric disorders (FXAND). This study is the first to systematically investigate cognitive and psychiatric features in Italian female premutation ...
Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Randi J. Hagerman, Giuseppina Spano, Flora Tassone, Giancarlo Logroscino, Andrea Bosco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploration of the Relationship Between Patient Autonomy and Patient Advocacy: Implications for Nursing Practice

, 2002
The purpose of this article is to examine whether patient/client autonomy is always compatible with the nurse's role of advocacy. The author looks separately at the concepts of autonomy and advocacy, and considers them in relation to the reality of ...
Hyland, Deirdre
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Alta a pedido contra indicação médica sem iminente risco de morte

Revista Bioética
Resumo O atendimento à solicitação pelo paciente de alta a pedido contra indicação médica, sem risco iminente de morte, nada mais é do que garantir a autonomia desse paciente. Entretanto, não se trata de tema pacífico.
Mariana Vicente Cano, Hermes de Freitas Barbosa   +1 more
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Genetic Risk and High Burden of Depression and Suicide in the Maya‐Mestizo Population of Yucatán, México

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major depression and suicide are critical public health concerns, particularly in underrepresented populations with unique genetic and sociocultural contexts. The Maya‐mestizo population presents the highest suicide rates in the country but remains understudied in psychiatric genetics. This study evaluated the association between three genetic
Marta Menjivar, Erandi Bravo, Margarita Rivera‐Balancan, Barbara Itzel Pena Espinoza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party Autonomy, Private Autonomy, and Freedom of Contract

, 2014
Party Autonomy, Private Autonomy, and Freedom of Contract are misused concepts in the private law area. Indeed, there are a lot of connections among the three concepts; however, it does not mean that they can be used alternatively under any circumstances.
Meng, Zhaohua
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