2009 Tárki European Social Report 2009

The Well-being of Children in Hungary

Child poverty and child well-being have, in recent decades, increasingly become part of strategies and practices in the field of social policy. 1 Following international (e.g. OECD, 2009; UNICEF, 2007; 2010) and specifically EU developments (e.g. Frazer and Marlier, 2007; EU Task-Force, 2008; TÁRKI-Applica, 2010; European Commission, 2012), in 2007 Hungary adopted the ‘Legyen jobb a gyermekekne...

Growth and inequality in the EU

The concern here is to analyse the effect of economic growth on the distribution of income in EU Member States. The paper reviews relevant empirical studies which have been carried out into this relationship over recent years and examines the experience across the European Union over the first half of the present decade, investigating in particular the different channels by which growth can aff...

Enhancing Interaction Spaces by Social Media for the Elderly: A Workshop Report

The extension of CSCW research towards new domains, such as the home, has brought up many ideas to support ageing in place. However, the social wellbeing as a pivotal pillar of healthiness besides physical and psychical health has not gained much attention yet. With a workshop at the European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work in 2009, we opened a forum for research in the area o...

هپاتیت ناشی از هالوتان: گزارش موردی

Background: Acute hepatitis is upon serious complications of halothane usage, can be associated with 50% mortality in severe cases. Use of halothane as inhalational anesthetic or use of it for maintenance of anesthesia is restricted/ prohibited in USA and most European countries. The occurrence of icterus and elevated liver enzymes after halothane anesthesia may be due to the drug induced hepat...

Provisional Version Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions