The Branches Standing Committee of the -Royal College of Nursing in November voted in favour of making geriatric nursing a compulsory subject in the syllabus for general training. There was, however, considerable opposition to this-83 voted for and 74 against. What of this opposition? Why so large a vote against this resolution? The opponents say that the syllabus is as full as it can be now. I...

This article takes its title from Annalise Acorn’s critique of restorative justice entitled Compulsory Compassion , in which she deconstructs rhetorics and narratives of restorative justice. After considering the meanings of restorative justice, the first part of this article argues that if something like compassion is a restorative justice value, then restorative processes seek to secure it by...

In 2002 the government decided that Continuing Medical Education (CME) will be compulsory for all physicians. The reform has been implemented progressively since then. Compulsory Continuing Medical Education (CCME) includes different types of programs which aim to maintain and improve doctors? medical knowledge. Doctors are asked to participate in a number of educational programs/activities to ...

In recent years, public agencies have frequently deployed behavioural insights to generate benefits for society, through encouraging citizens to comply with official requests, and more generally encouraging them to cooperate with public agencies to help deliver outcomes of collective benefit. In parallel, there has been a large increase in the amount and quality of the research evidence availab...