Comment About the Three Commentaries

Three Commentaries on the Proposals

O ne of the obstacles to examining academic proposals for major policy change is the tendency to evaluate them in terms of the current political climate. There is certainly a large discontinuity between the politics of the 1990s and the proposals put forth in the two articles by James Walker and by Edward Zigler and Matia Finn-Stevenson. Both articles call for significant, new, and expensive pu...

Comments on Commentaries About Cultural Psychology

I wish to thank Andrei Brushlinkii for his kind invitation to enter into a discussion with Russian colleagues who have taken the time to read and comment on my recent book. The invitation to discuss the role of culture in human development in this forum is, as the expression goes, “the opportunity of a lifetime” because I have sought to promote dialogue between American and Russian psychologist...

The Value of Engaging the Public in CHATing About Healthcare Priorities: A Response to Recent Commentaries

COMMENTARIES Five Commentaries : Looking to the Future

E quity is at the core of the question posed. Broadly speaking, technology cannot be used effectively or ethically unless it is used widely and equitably among all groups in our society and—thanks to technology itself—our increasingly smaller world. Equity of use is critical to ensuring that technology has widespread and effective impacts on learning, communication, and community. In addition, ...

[Some brief commentaries about enforced medical care for prison inmates].

A decision by the National Court in October 2005 declared that the Ministry of the Interior (General Directorate of Prisons) held pecuniary liability as a result of a concurrence of guilt between a deceased prison inmate and the prison Administration. It was observed that the prison health care staff had acted correctly when checking, diagnosing and monitoring the illness of the patient before ...