Bits and Pieces of Hither and Yon From Now and Then
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1988-02Author
Nelson, Helen V.
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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PURPOSE OF VIGNETTES:
Vignettes included in "Bits and Pieces of Hither and Yon
from Now and Then" using "real life" occurrences demonstrate
that the values, attitudes, mores, and customs of older persons
are accumulated throughout life, and communication is the
means by which people have acquired the characteristics which
serve them at any given time. Dr. Jurgen Ruesch in Communication;
The Social Matrix of Psychiatry states that" ••• modern
psychiatrists have come to the realization that theories
are of little use because it is necessary to see the individual
in the context of a social situation. He then states
that "communication is the matrix" of human activity.
Clearly, social administration, social organization, psychiatry
and psychology depend on cross-disciplinary communication
in order to perform their tasks.