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Do you find it difficult to achieve a work-life balance? Would you like to know how you can become more effective with the time you have? With the introduction of the European Working Time Directive, which will severely limit the hours in the working week, it is more important than ever that doctors improve their personal effectiveness and time management skills. This interactive book will enable you to focus on what activities are needlessly taking up your time and what steps you can take to manage your time better. By taking the time to read through, complete the exercises and follow the adv

This paper considers the interpretation of section 25(2)(c) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, on the relevance of subsequent inconsistent behaviour by the maker of an advance decision. Consideration of the very few cases, and analysis of how existing rules of statutory interpretation could be applied, identifies a particular problem in relation to those who appear to contradict their own prior decision, but do so after they have lost capacity. This highlights an issue which has already been raised in the philosophical literature where there has been some discussion of the relevance and moral authority of our own prior decisions over our future selves, particularly where our future self appears content with a situation which would have been intolerable to our prior self. The incidence of cases of this type is not confined to the realms of philosophy; indeed these kinds of situations are likely to increase, given predictions of the rise in cases of dementia over the next 30 years, and so we will require an unambiguous legal framework to deal with assessing the validity of an individual's advance decision, and the ramifications of acting upon it. The law, as currently stated, is not clear in respect of these types of cases, and should be revised to provide clarity, and with it the greater confidence and uptake in advance planning desired by central government.

In the context of an ageing population, end-of-life care planning is increasingly important. The law in Scotland does not, as yet, take the active and specific steps to help address this that are evident in other jurisdictions. I contend that there are two particular issues which need to be addressed here: normalising the idea of a discussion about dying, such that individuals feel entitled to discuss and plan for it by way of an advance directive, feel that it is a valuable exercise, and feel reassured that their plans will not falter if they lose capacity; and formulating an approach which prompts and encourages that discussion, but also promotes autonomous decision-making. I assert that the law can, and should help with this by providing a legislative basis for advance directives in order to set out the requirements for formal validity, and by making provision for an allied, non-mandatory pro-forma to guide and assist those who wish to use it.

Schools may be particularly challenged in the building of relationships with immigrant families because of a potentially heightened mutual lack of knowledge or understanding about the other party's cultural norms (e.g. Crozier & Davis, 2007). In the context of increased immigration from Eastern and Central European states, this study seeks to initiate the development of model of multi-cultural family-school interaction drawing on existing frameworks drawn from the fields of education, psychology and sociology. With the intention of establishing the nature of migrant parents' constructions of their relationships with their children's schools, we carried out in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 10 parents of school age children who had migrated to the UK from Eastern and Central Europe within the past 10 years. The key themes from the interviews indicated that the parents' expectations of their children's schooling appear to clash with those of the UK school system and that this is amplified by perceptions of poor communication, inadequate school-parent cooperation & marginalisation. Through the use of existing theoretical frameworks it was established that there is potential for improved practice though development of a model though this must take account of the full contextual complexity of the relationships.

There is very little qualitative research on parental support around transition to university in the UK. The objective of this study was to explore how parents who have not been to university support their children in making decisions about, and transitions to, university. Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted with parents and students (aged 16-18 years) from three schools, who would be the first in their family to go to university (FIFU). Parents and young people reported discussing whether they would go to university, what to study and where to go over a long period of time, as part of everyday activities. The emotional impact of children leaving home to go to university influenced how parents felt about their child's decisions to go, along with being unable to envisage what being at university would be like for their children. Parents often found online information confusing and not relevant to their child. They reported receiving little information from schools. Parents lacked basic information and sought answers from friends and colleagues with any experience of higher education. Parents most wanted personalised information, signposting to online resources and a timetable of what they needed to do to support their children's applications to university. The results are framed in terms of the cultural capital available to these parents and young people.

This article sets out to consider the extent to which advance directives can be used as an effective means to entrench personal autonomy, and, in the light of their statutory form in numerous other jurisdictions, consider the various approaches which are currently used abroad to determine whether Scotland, which at present has no legislation entrenching their use, would benefit from such an approach.

In this publication, three papers from the Women's Constitutional Conference held at St. James, Cape Town in August 1989 are reproduced. They represent some of the key issues regarding the creation of constitutions in general and raise specific questions regarding the ANC's Constitutional Guidelines

This book brings together the reports presented at a regional workshop on Resolution of Labour Disputes in Southern Africa held in Harare from 30 July to 4 August 1995. The reports explore the nature of labour conflict and the legal framework for resolving industrial disputes. The reporters discuss the failure of most legal systems in the region to acknowledge the usefulness of trade unions and collective bargaining as processes for resolving labour conflict and examine various alternative models for managing labour conflict and resolving disputes, including conciliation, mediation, arbitration and specialist labour tribunals, and alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) mechanisms. (DÜI-Phl)