Placebo HAART Regimen as a Method for Teaching Medication Adherence Issues to Students

Placebo medication regimens may help educate students about adherence issues. In this randomized trial, 23 third-year medical students took a 2-week placebo regimen mimicking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during their medicine clerkship; 15 students served as controls. Although no effect was demonstrated from this intervention on an evaluation instrument examining attitudes and beliefs about medication nonadherence, all 23 student-subjects agreed in postintervention interviews that the experience was useful and had learning value. Representative comments from the 19 subjects who expanded their interview responses portray this intervention as an eye-opening and unique method for teaching students about medication adherence issues

Here or there? Consumer reactions to corporate social responsibility initiatives: Egocentric tendencies and their moderators

Egocentrism, Consumer behavior, Corporate social responsibility, Identity,

Monolingualism and National Identity: Lessons from Europe

Two centuries have passed since the idea of monolingual nationalism entered the history of Europe. Nevertheless, the nexus between monolingualism and nation seems far from being dismissed. This chapter investigates the nexus between language and national identity, by comparing France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland and examining to what extent different national boundary configurations relate to attitudes towards migrants\u2019 integration. The focus is on perceived criteria of national belonging, with particular reference to the language, among other prototypical national \u2018markers\u2019 (such as ancestry, religion, and respect for laws). The empirical investigation is based on survey data from the ISSP (International Social Survey Program), which was carried out in 2003 and 2013