One of the most striking features of premature death in Finland is the ethno-linguistic mortality gradient in working-aged men. Finnish speakers have a notably higher mortality risk than Swedish speakers. The underlying reasons are not fully clear, but one suggested explanation has been that the level of social integration is lower in the Finnish-speaking community than that in the Swedish-spea...

5 For related discussion, see Brueckner (1999) and BruCckner (2001). 6 See, again, the papers in Ludlow and Martin for discussion of this point. 7 See Bmeckner (1998) and (1986a) and Wright (1992b) for other versions of the objection. 8 For further discussion of the 'question-begging' objection, see Brueckner (1992a) and (1996). 9 Here I am indebted to an unpublished paper by Byeong-uk Yi, 'Ske...


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 An innovative method of accessing connected data sources on the internet is keyword search. We propose to route keywords only relevant in order reduce substantial processing cost search queries throughout all providers. a novel for computing top-k routing plans by considering their propensity contain responses specific query. use summary links between components referencin...

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...