E. Moss

Pervaja vstrecha s semej zhenikha vsegda nerviruet. Vot i Konni ne mozhet najti sebe mesta, ozhidaja vykhodnykh, kogda ona vmeste s Evanom, svoim ljubimym, poedet v zagorodnyj dom k ego roditeljam. A sudja po rasskazam, oni - kholodnye snoby, kotorye s prenebrezheniem otnosjatsja ko vsem, kto ne vkhodit v ikh sotsialnyj krug. Kogda zhe mat Evana vstrechaet paru s rasprostertymi objatijami, i Konni, i Evan prikhodjat v nastojaschee zameshatelstvo, uzh slishkom druzheljubno i privetlivo vedut sebja vse vokrug. A potom Konni slyshit, kak iz podvala donosjatsja strannye zvuki, pokhozhie na kriki o pomoschi. Vot tolko ona esche ne ponimaet, chto nekotorye dveri luchshe ne otkryvat, tak kak zakryt ikh uzhe ne smozhesh. I to, chto zhdet ee vnizu, gorazdo khuzhe samykh strashnykh koshmarov.

This book explores the key challenges facing Austria's public health system. Set firmly in the context of the history, scope, functions and responsibilities of public health in developed countries, it examines how the Austrian system has developed and adapted over the last 50 years to the benefit of the population. It also looks at the challenges presented by life in the 21st century. The book draws on both national research and expert interviews to present a fully-rounded picture. This shows that the public health system in Austria is struggling to maintain essential services and develop policies for improvement, and the study proposes strategies and policies to tackle these developments, looking in particular at change within the fields of education, research and training. This book is essential reading for policy-makers, advisers and analysts interested in developing a public health strategy and competence in both developed and developing countries, as well as researchers interested in the Austrian health system.

Beginning from the scientist-philosopher Michael Polanyi's theory of tacit knowing, and drawing upon a remarkably original model of the mind and its workings, Edward Moss develops the thesis that all consciousness is grammatically structured. Comparison is made in detail with the theories of Daniel Dennett, based on the computer analogy, and with the neurophysiological theories of Gerald Edelman. It is suggested that Moss's top-down psychological model can be integrated with Edelman's bottom-up analysis. Two final chapters explore the philosophical implications of this discussion.