Australian Catholic University

About: Australian Catholic University is a education organization based out in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 2721 authors who have published 10013 publications receiving 215248 citations. The organization is also known as: ACU & ACU National.

Policing the modern woman in Republican China

Abstract: During the 1920s and 1930s, China's reformist intellectuals in the burgeoning modernizing cities engaged in a protracted discussion about the condition of the nation's women. The apparent focus of their concern was the modem woman (xiandai funii) or new woman (xin niixing). The arguments raged, "What are the characteristics of a real moder woman?" and "How does one identify a pseudo-modem woman?" External manifestations of modernity-clothing, hairstyles, and shoe styles-were dismissed as superficial trappings. Truly mod- ern women, it was argued, had inner qualities that centered on an abid- ing concern for China's national welfare. However, focusing on the detailed behavior of China's women obscures the deeper significance of the debate. The moder woman discourse disclosed the reformist intellectual class's concerns about power and goverance in moder China during a period when they were increasingly repressed and politically marginalized. Fredric Wakeman (1972) argued that Chi- na's reformist intellectuals revolutionized the relationship between the people and the rulers during the late Qing by creating a republic and, in the process, inadvertently lost their traditional access to power. "They automatically ceased to function as interpreters-brokers-of a transcendental source of legitimacy" (Wakeman, 1972: 67). This preoccupation with the moral attributes of the moder woman was an attempt by some reformist intellectuals to reclaim their role as enlight- ened moral guardians and therefore leading advisers for the nation. Discussions about the policing of the modem Chinese woman, then, were synecdochical discussions about governing a modernizing Chi- nese population. During the 1920s and 1930s, China's reformist intellectuals in the burgeoning modernizing cities engaged in a protracted discussion about the condition of the nation's women. The apparent focus of their concern was the modem woman (xiandai funii) or new woman (xin niixing). The arguments raged, "What are the characteristics of a real moder woman?" and "How does one identify a pseudo-modem woman?" External manifestations of modernity-clothing, hairstyles, and shoe styles-were dismissed as superficial trappings. Truly mod- ern women, it was argued, had inner qualities that centered on an abid- ing concern for China's national welfare. However, focusing on the detailed behavior of China's women obscures the deeper significance of the debate. The moder woman discourse disclosed the reformist intellectual class's concerns about power and goverance in moder China during a period when they were increasingly repressed and politically marginalized. Fredric Wakeman (1972) argued that Chi- na's reformist intellectuals revolutionized the relationship between the people and the rulers during the late Qing by creating a republic and, in the process, inadvertently lost their traditional access to power. "They automatically ceased to function as interpreters-brokers-of a transcendental source of legitimacy" (Wakeman, 1972: 67). This preoccupation with the moral attributes of the moder woman was an attempt by some reformist intellectuals to reclaim their role as enlight- ened moral guardians and therefore leading advisers for the nation. Discussions about the policing of the modem Chinese woman, then, were synecdochical discussions about governing a modernizing Chi- nese population. During the 1920s and 1930s, China's reformist intellectuals in the burgeoning modernizing cities engaged in a protracted discussion about the condition of the nation's women. The apparent focus of their concern was the modem woman (xiandai funii) or new woman (xin niixing). The arguments raged, "What are the characteristics of a real moder woman?" and "How does one identify a pseudo-modem woman?" External manifestations of modernity-clothing, hairstyles, and shoe styles-were dismissed as superficial trappings. Truly mod- ern women, it was argued, had inner qualities that centered on an abid- ing concern for China's national welfare. However, focusing on the detailed behavior of China's women obscures the deeper significance of the debate. The moder woman discourse disclosed the reformist intellectual class's concerns about power and goverance in moder China during a period when they were increasingly repressed and politically marginalized. Fredric Wakeman (1972) argued that Chi- na's reformist intellectuals revolutionized the relationship between the people and the rulers during the late Qing by creating a republic and, in the process, inadvertently lost their traditional access to power. "They automatically ceased to function as interpreters-brokers-of a transcendental source of legitimacy" (Wakeman, 1972: 67). This preoccupation with the moral attributes of the moder woman was an attempt by some reformist intellectuals to reclaim their role as enlight- ened moral guardians and therefore leading advisers for the nation. Discussions about the policing of the modem Chinese woman, then, were synecdochical discussions about governing a modernizing Chi- nese population.

Health service pathways for patients with chronic leg ulcers: identifying effective pathways for facilitation of evidence based wound care

Abstract: Chronic leg ulcers cause long term ill-health for older adults and the condition places a significant burden on health service resources Although evidence on effective management of the condition is available, a significant evidence-practice gap is known to exist, with many suggested reasons eg multiple care providers, costs of care and treatments This study aimed to identify effective health service pathways of care which facilitated evidence-based management of chronic leg ulcers A sample of 70 patients presenting with a lower limb leg or foot ulcer at specialist wound clinics in Queensland, Australia were recruited for an observational study and survey Retrospective data were collected on demographics, health, medical history, treatments, costs and health service pathways in the previous 12 months Prospective data were collected on health service pathways, pain, functional ability, quality of life, treatments, wound healing and recurrence outcomes for 24 weeks from admission Retrospective data indicated that evidence based guidelines were poorly implemented prior to admission to the study, eg only 31% of participants with a lower limb ulcer had an ABPI or duplex assessment in the previous 12 months On average, participants accessed care 2–3 times/week for 17 weeks from multiple health service providers in the twelve months before admission to the study clinics Following admission to specialist wound clinics, participants accessed care on average once per week for 12 weeks from a smaller range of providers The median ulcer duration on admission to the study was 22 weeks (range 2–728 weeks) Following admission to wound clinics, implementation of key indicators of evidence based care increased (p < 0001) and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis found the median time to healing was 12 weeks (95% CI 93–147) Implementation of evidence based care was significantly related to improved healing outcomes (p < 0001) This study highlights the complexities involved in accessing expertise and evidence based wound care for adults with chronic leg or foot ulcers Results demonstrate that access to wound management expertise can promote streamlined health services and evidence based wound care, leading to efficient use of health resources and improved health