Maltrato de niños y adolescentes: una perspectiva internacional / Children and adolescents abuse: an international perspective

El descuidado y tratamiento abusivo de niños y adolescentes varía de una cultura a otra, pero se da en todas partes del mundo. El castigo corporal, la negligencia selectiva y el trabajo y la prostitución son quizás sus formas más comunes. Para combatir esos abusos es importante tener una idea más objetiva de cómo se valoran los niños y lo que constituye maltrato en las distintas culturas, incluída la propia. Tambien es necesario obtener datos fidediggnos sobre el problema e iniciar acciones internacionales que influyan en las l egislaciones nacionales sobre los derechos de niños y adolescentes

Habits for health

Persuading people to adopt life-styles conducive to a healthy existence is one of the greatest challenges faced by those who wish to minimize human misery

Efectos del origen social y de la socialización profesional sobre las preferencias vocacionales de los internos de medicina de México / Effects of social origins and professional socialization on the vocational preferences of medical interns in Mexico

Using data from a survey of 923 medical interns in Mexico, this article analyzes preferences for type of medical activity (general or specialized practice), type of site (ambulatory or hospital), and type of medical care institution (public assistance, social security, or private). Four independent variables are examined: social origin, medical school, place of internship, and assimilation to the internship hospital. The great majority of the interns expressed a preference for specialty practice, hospitals, and social security institutions. The role of social origin was to selectively direct students into different medical schools. From then on, the structural attributes of the school itself and of the place of internship, as well as the socialization experiences that took place there, emerged as the most important determinants of career preferences. Such a process, however, tended to produce a «social specialization» of interns in terms of the role they expect to play in the medical field. It is argued that this kind of specialization has negative implications for the professional status of physicians, although it also poses a challenge to the development of innovative theories about the process of professionalization in medicine (Au)