Elder Civic Engagement and Rural Community Development.

Rural areas are becoming more and more concerned about their aging population and perceived loss of youth. Analysts see the older members of communities as a burden, and focus their development strategies on attracting and retaining the young. In doing so, they may be missing the value that elders' civic engagement can provide to rural community development.

[Disease and meaning-some philosophical distinctions].

Definition Of The Problem: Is it meaningful to have a disease?-Apparently, this is an odd question. It is often assumed, however, that diseases can have meaning.

Arguments: In the article differences in the meaning of the term in question ("Sinn") are distinguished: linguistic meaning, purposes or motives, meaning in a narrative and contributions to the meaning of life.

[Happiness - A Philosophical Road Map].

The interdisciplinary studies included in the special issue of the Psychiatrische Praxis "On Happiness" tackle that topic from various, diverse directions. It is the aim of this concluding contribution to provide some orientation from a philosophical perspective, sketching themes and problems that one might encounter in an investigation of happiness. The survey is guided by four fundamental questions: What is happiness? How to become happy? How important is it to be happy? And how is happiness related to ethics?

Non-Vitamin K-Dependent Oral Anticoagulants for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With CKD: Pragmatic Considerations for the Clinician.

Management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a complex conundrum because of higher risks for both thromboembolic and bleeding complications compared to the general population. This makes it particularly important for clinicians to carefully weigh the risks versus benefits of anticoagulation therapy to determine the individualized net clinical benefit for every patient. During the past few years, 4 non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulant (NOAC) agents have supplemented warfarin in the therapeutic armamentarium for the prevention of systemic thromboembolism in nonvalvular AF.

[Philosophy of human dignity and the ethics of psychiatry].

Current moral philosophy has serious problems with the concept of human dignity. Although it seems to be an almost inevitable ingredient of every day moral judgments, philosophers have difficulties to find an analysis of the concept that could support this central role. One way out of these difficulties consists in a closer look at the various areas where the concept is used so widely and naturally, in the attempt to extract inductively an adequate understanding of human dignity from these contexts.