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    Tro, moral og forandring i Indre Mission

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    ABSTRACT: The Danish Inner Mission (Home Mission) is a section of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD), but it differs from the dominating church because it, like other evangelical groups, believes that the Bible as God’s written word is true in what it says and IM emphasizes orthodoxy, repentance, activism and attaches central importance the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Generational replacement and changes in socialization influence IM's friends, as the followers call themselves, to draw other religious and moral consequences from their faith than is common among the members of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and in the general population. IM maintains that the organization stands religiously firm despite the changes in the surrounding world. Against this background, the article examines 1,765 responses to a unique survey among IM's friends regarding recruitment, beliefs, morality and religious socialization in IM. We find that the core elements in beliefs remain stable while generational changes create a gradual deterioration in the strict sexual-family values. This shows that religious changes within Inner Mission are not uni-directional in contrast to what is expected by general theories of religious changes such as secularization and individualization. RESUMÉ: Den danske folkekirkelige retning Indre Mission understreger ligesom andre evangelikale grupper en bibeltro kristendom der lægger vægt på ortodoksi, omvendelse og aktivisme, og som tillægger Jesu soningsdød på korset en central betydning. Ændringer i værdier mellem generationer samt socialisering leder IMs venner, som tilhængerne kalder sig selv, til at drage andre religiøse og moralske konsekvenser af deres tro end det er almindeligt blandt medlemmerne af den danske folkekirke og i befolkningen i øvrigt. IM fastholder at bevægelsen står fast til trods for forandringerne i den omgivende verden. Artiklen undersøger på baggrund 1.765 besvarelser på et unikt survey til IMs venner rekruttering, tro og moral og religiøs socialisering i IM. Vi finder en gradvis generationsmæssig udtynding af nogle moralske værdier, men samtidig medvirker familiemæssig socialisering fastholden af strikse trosforestillinger. Denne usamtidighed i forandringerne udfordrer de traditionelle, generelle teorier om lineær religiøs forandring

    Providing medical care for undocumented migrants in Denmark: what are the challenges for health professionals?

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The rights of undocumented migrants are frequently overlooked. Denmark has ratified several international conventions recognizing the right to health care for all human beings, but has very scanty legislation and no existing policies for providing health care to undocumented migrants. This study focuses on how health professionals navigate and how they experience providing treatment for undocumented migrants in the Danish health care system.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study was carried out as part of an EU-project on European Best Practices in Access, Quality and Appropriateness of Health Services for Immigrants in Europe (EUGATE). This presentation is based on 12 semi-structured interviews with general practitioners (9) and emergency room physicians (3) in Denmark.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The emergency room physicians express that treatment of undocumented migrants is no different from the treatment of any other person. However, care may become more complicated due to lack of previous medical records and contact persons. Contrary to this, general practitioners explain that undocumented migrants will encounter formal barriers when trying to obtain treatment. Additional problems in the treatment of undocumented migrants include language issues, financial aspects for general practitioners, concerns about how to handle the situation including possibilities of further referrals, and an uncertainty as to whether to involve the police.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The health professionals in our study describe that undocumented migrants experience an unequal access to primary care facilities and that great uncertainties exist amongst health professionals as how to respond in such situations. The lack of official policies concerning the right to health care for undocumented migrants continue to pass on the responsibility to health professionals and, thereby, leaves it up to the individual to decide whether treatment can be obtained or not.</p

    Calf health from birth to weaning. I. General aspects of disease prevention

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    Calfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. This is the first in a three part review series on calf health from birth to weaning, focusing on preventive measures. The review considers both pre- and periparturient management factors influencing calf health, colostrum management in beef and dairy calves and further nutrition and weaning in dairy calves

    Examining 'postmulticultural' and civic turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark

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    There is a widely shared view that the appeal of multiculturalism as a public policy has suffered considerable political damage. In many European states the turn to “civic” measures and discourses has been deemed more suitable for the objectives of minority integration and the promotion of preferred modes of social and political unity. It is therefore said that the first decade of the new century has been characterized by a reorientation in immigrant integration policies—from liberal culturalist to the “return of assimilation” (Brubaker, 2001), on route to a broader “retreat from multiculturalism” (Joppke, 2004). In this article, we argue that such portrayals mask a tendency that is more complicated in some cases and much less evident in others. To elaborate this, we offer a detailed account of the inception and then alleged movement away from positions in favor of multiculturalism in two countries that have adopted different versions of it, namely the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and two countries that have historically rejected multiculturalism, namely Denmark and Germany. We argue that while there is undoubtedly a rhetorical separation between multiculturalism and civic integration, the latter is in some cases building on the former, and broadly needs to be understood as more than a retreat of multiculturalism. Taking seriously Banting and Kymlicka’s argument that understanding the evolution of integration requires the “the mind-set of an archaeologist,” we offer a policy genealogy that allows us to set the backlash against multiculturalism in context, in manner that explicates its provenance, permutations, and implications

    Political Networks. A Structured Bibliography

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