“Stand up and Be Counted”: Nursing at the Calgary General Hospital after the Second World War

Stand Up and Be Counted: In the Long Run, Disclosing Helps All

Over 20 years after the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as the Santuzzi, Waltz, Finkelstein, and Rupp (2014) focal article highlights, the employment rate for individuals with disabilities remains lackluster. Only one in five adults with disabilities has paid employment, compared to 7 in 10 adults without disabilities (Jans, Kaye, & Jones, 2012). The figure of 6.8% ...

Psychotherapy in The Netherlands after the Second World War

The early history of psychotherapy in the Netherlands hardly differs from that of the surrounding countries. Somewhat later than in France and Germany, psychotherapy appeared during the last decades of the nineteenth century, with general practitioners who started to treat their patients (mainly for all kinds of somatic complaints) by psychological means. In the early decades of the twentieth c...

Nuclear Weapons and the Second World War

Since the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have captured the attention of social scientists and the public alike. Some argue that the world benefits from nuclear weapons, claiming that they prevent war. Skeptics do not share this view and worry that nuclear weapons will only intensify conflict. Unfortunately, most theories about the benefits of nuclear weapons await judge...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Typhus Fever in the Second World War.