Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode Recent documents in Stephen Kermode en-us Sun, 31 May 2009 12:20:19 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/95 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/95 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:22 PDT Stephen Kermode Socio-cultural parameters of health http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/93 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/93 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:19 PDT Nursing literature has not been immune to the influences of postmodernist thought. It has been argued that postmodernism is relevant and important to the development of the occupation and the discipline of nursing. This paper attempts to demonstrate that there are serious weaknesses in such claims. Stephen Kermode Nurse Education http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/92 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/92 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:17 PDT Stephen Kermode Socio-cultural parameters of health http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/91 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/91 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:15 PDT Science is under threat from a number of sources. In nurse education a range of discourses have been attempting to marginalise science and to replace it with epistemologies which are deemed to be more appropriate. This paper examines the 'not-science' discourses of postmodernism and feminism and evaluates their importance to nursing through their relationship to, and effect on science. Stephen Kermode Nurse Education http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/90 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/90 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:14 PDT The Hilmer Report has been having a significant influence on national and state governments since its release in 1993. Many of its recommendations are being introduced and the impact felt in all sectors of the community. This analysis looks at what it means for nurses. Stephen Kermode Nurse Education http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/89 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/89 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:12 PDT Biodiversity is nature's expression of the principle of holism. This 'natural holistic imperative' is manifested in all aspects of the environment. While environmental health originated through a concern for protecting humans from environmental risks, it is now concerned with protecting the environment from the activities of humans. In order to protect the health of humans, there is a need to be concerned with protection of the biosphere. Moreover, the environmental crisis is essentially a crisis in spirituality, and a spirituality that respects and nurtures the non-human parts of our universe as much as it does the human ones is likely to be the only means of securing the health and happiness of humanity. Stephen Kermode Socio-cultural parameters of health http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/88 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/88 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:11 PDT In 1996 a government review of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was commissioned by the Victorian, Mew South Wales and Queensland health departments with a view to making recommendations on the need for occupational regulation of TCM practitioners. This article summarises the key findings of that review on the education of TCM practitioners in Australia. The principal characteristics of Australian TCM education are presented and contrasted to current practice in China. Traditional Chinese Medicine is composed of a number of treatment modalities, most notably acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Acupuncture has been the focus of TCM education in Australia for the past two decades. Chinese herbal medicine education programs are now increasing and the standard of TCM education is approaching that in China. A Bensoussan Clinical Practice http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/87 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/87 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:09 PDT The use of natural and complementary therapies in Australia seems to be increasing. There is an emerging body of literature which describes the prevalence and patterns of usage of such therapies. This paper reports the findings of a telephone survey of 645 residents of the North Coast of New South Wales which set out to describe the use of natural and complementary therapies in the region Stephen Kermode Socio-cultural parameters of health http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/86 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/86 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:07 PDT Stephen Kermode Nurse Education http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/85 http://works.bepress.com/stephen_kermode/85 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:06 PDT 'Critical perspectives on health' provides students with a critical overview of the social and political context of health and health care systems for beginning health care systems. Stephen Kermode Socio-cultural parameters of health