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Psychosocial Determinants of Organ Donation Intentions and their Relevance for Public Campaigns Iasi: Editura Lumen, 2013 (English version)
HOLMAN, Andrei - In: Postmodern Openings 12 (2013) 1, pp. 9-27
There is a universal shortage of organs available for transplantation, which could be reduced by increasing the posthumous organ donation rates. The present paper presents an overview of the various sets of factors that have been proven to influence people’s decision to consent to the donation...
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Religion, Ethics and Development – Method and Metamorphosis (English version)
HANS, SV. Basil - In: Postmodern Openings 8 (2012) January, pp. 23-32
impact of religion and ethics on development and promoting reform in civil society. In today’s South Asian context it is …
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Applied Ethics in Nowadays Society
CIULEI, Tomita - In: Postmodern Openings 4 (2013) 4, pp. 4-7
the field of applied ethics are integrated medical ethics, legal ethics, media ethics, professional ethics, environmental …This special issue is dedicated to Nowadays Applied Ethics in Society, and falls in the field of social sciences and … humanities, being hosted both theoretical approaches and empirical research in various areas of applied ethics. Applied ethics …
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Postdoctoral Studies in Ethics and Health Policies Iasi: Editura Lumen, 2013 (English version)
IOAN, Beatrice - In: Postmodern Openings 12 (2013) 1, pp. 5-6
The analysis provided by the National Strategy for Research, Development and Innovation 2007 – 2013 indicated serious weaknesses in the Romanian research, development and innovation system, and it emphasized the gap compared to the global trends in science and technology due to the chronic...
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Advance Directive from the Romanian Social Cultural Perspective Iasi: Editura Lumen, 2013 (English version)
DUMITRAS, Silvia; ENACHE, Mariana; PARVU, Andrada; … - In: Postmodern Openings 12 (2013) 1, pp. 87-101
promote their dignity. The authors present and discuss the results of their research that analysed the attitude of Romanians … document are firstly the respect of the patient’s right to decide and secondly the improvement of the medical treatment. The … of introducing it in the current medical practice. The results of our research suggest that educational and informative …
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About the Evolution of the Human Species: Human Robots and Human Enhancement
TEREC-VLAD, Loredana; TEREC-VLAD, Daniel - In: Postmodern Openings 5 (2014) 3, pp. 67-75
Science and technology have made huge progress, enhancing the human species in the evolution process. The topics related to change, knowledge and new technologies implemented by the individual were considered taboo over 30 years ago; however, nowadays the focus is increasingly laid on the human...
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The Relationship between the Law, Legal Norm, Legal Order and Normativity in Postmodern Society
DUMINICĂ, Ramona - In: Postmodern Openings 5 (2014) 3, pp. 21-35
It is widely accepted that the existence of people in society cannot happen at random, but be organized. In one way or another, all human activities are generally subject to the law, meaning that they cannot unfold in an unorganized manner or outside of a certain social order without being...
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The Hybrids of Postmodernism
BĂDULESCU, Dana - In: Postmodern Openings 5 (2014) 3, pp. 9-20
Hybridization is a fundamental characteristic of postmodernism, included by Ihab Hassan in his “catena” of features. This paper looks into the hybrids of postmodernism, which are the result of migration, displacement and uprooting, the re-visitation of myths, folklore and legends, or...
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The Constructionist Theory of Speech as Visual Semiotics
Sandu, Antonio - In: Postmodern Openings 5 (2014) 3, pp. 49-66
The article aims to develop an analysis of the construction of political propagandist speech. We will approach the advertising speech from the perspective of the visual semiotics’ particularities. We will consider the theory of consensual truth, proposing a constructionist theory of the...
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Book Review Sociologia terorismului – author Maria Cristina Aboboaie, Lumen Publishing House, 2014
NECULA, Roxana - In: Postmodern Openings 5 (2014) 3, pp. 101-104
The current review aims to make a short overview of the aspects that we considered as being representative for Maria Cristina Aboboaie’s approach when she tackled the international terrorism research topic, and the delimitation of certain defining aspects of the sociology of terrorism.
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