While researchers have offered remonstration-oriented, reciprocal, voluntary, and gratitude-based accounts of political obligation in classical Confucianism, I argue that these interpretations are either conflict with the textual evidence or merely scratch surface Confucius’ theory without fully elaborating its essence. Instead, demonstrate Confucianism is a specific argument from paternalistic...

BACKGROUND The observed cultural changes in truth-telling attitudes suggest a radical change in the practice of delivering information to cancer patients, but limited research is available from countries known for their policy of non-disclosure. This study estimates the proportion of Italian who died of cancer who had received information about diagnosis and prognosis, and explores the variable...

We construct a theory of intergenerational preference transmission that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (related to Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian and paternalistic altruism towards children. They can affect their children’s choices via two channels: either by influencing their preferences or by imposing direct restric...

OBJECTIVE Shared decision-making and the use of decision aids are increasingly promoted in various healthcare settings. The extent of their current use and potential in rehabilitation medicine is unknown. The aim of the present study was to explore the barriers to and facilitators of shared decision-making and use of decision aids in daily practice, and to explore the perceptions of physical an...

The aim of this emic research was to identify the ideal leadership prototype Turkic people. For purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total 224 participants from countries. Of participants, 40 Azerbaijan, 38 Kazakhstan, 33 Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, 34 Turkmenistan, and 39 Uzbekistan. data analyzed through content analysis technique. Findings indicated that people consisted two mai...