BACKGROUND Conflicts during communication in multi-ethnic healthcare settings is an increasing point of concern as a result of societies' increased ethno-cultural diversity. We can expect that conflicts are even more likely to arise in situations where difficult medical decisions have to be made, such as critical medical situations in hospital. However, in-depth research on this topic is rather...

This study uses content analysis and visual representation methods to explore how multiculturalism is displayed on the websites of agencies providing social care for the aged. These agencies use strategically planned texts to portray multicultural categories of inclusion, diversity and individuality; and emphasize the text referents through ethno-related pictures as universal equivalence symbol...

The study grains to explore ethno-medicobotany of Badaga population in the Nilgiri hills of Tamilnadu, South India. Ethno botanical field survey and personal discussion methods have been adopted in the collection of data. A list of 71 flowering plants belonging to 42 families, 67 genera and 70 species are employed by the Badaga popu-lation in their native system of medicine for therapeutic purp...

This paper provides a contemporary account of inequalities in pay of disabled people and those from selected minority ethno-religious groups. We aim to understand the causes for differences in pay by ethno-religious group and disability status and type. We investigate whether pay gaps are a consequence of individual earning potential as represented, for example, by educational qualifications, o...

In this journal addressed mainly to archaeologists, historians and anthropologist, a survey of today’s state of the art on (ethno)mathematics writt en by a mathematician may be appropriate. Indeed, even in the 21st century, the prejudice persists mathematical activity was completely lacking in Africa, despite the many publications, conferences and lectures on the topic. However, (ethno)-mathema...

Modern understanding of ethno-ecological tourism, focus on achieving sustainability as an end result in many ways makes it necessary to revise the traditional notions what types travel are ethno- and eco-tourism. Ethno- ecological tourism promotes national cultures. It appears a journey regions with unique nature order study ecosystems, cultural ethnographic features region. Ethno-ecological is...

Personal naming practices exist in all human groups and are far from random. Rather, they continue to reflect social norms and ethno-cultural customs that have developed over generations. As a consequence, contemporary name frequency distributions retain distinct geographic, social and ethno-cultural patterning that can be exploited to understand population structure in human biology, public he...