This article critically reviews the historical development in literature that provided basis for establishment of Chinese version paternalistic leadership, most popular, well researched and better established indigenous theory leadership. centres on earlier theoretical conceptual developments to establish how current conceptualisations leadership originated. Furthermore, suggestions further res...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the long-term effect of an early prevention program on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to their children's development. The prevention program focused on increasing the mothers' sensitivity to their children's needs and their awareness of the importance of their role in their children's early development. METHOD Fifty-five mothers and the...

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Visceral objections typically exist to policies seen as “paternalistic.” Terms like “Big Brother” and the “nanny state” invoke the dire specter of government intrusion into individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behavior (Blumenthal & Huang, 2009). Indeed, “paternalism” itself is often a term of opprobrium, used to disparage or reject policies without necessarily addressing their merits or demeri...

The present paper revisits the ethical models of patient--physician relationship from the perspective of patient autonomy and values. It seems that the four traditional models of physician--patient relationship proposed by Emanuel & Emanuel in 1992 closely link patient values and patient autonomy. On the other hand, their reinterpretation provided by Agarwal & Murinson twenty years later emphas...