(n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Study 3, three forms of experimenter-guided mastery imagery reduced AIDS social anxiety and increased AIDS altruism.
(2) These included: (1) medical problems; (2) continuity of care; (3) impression of parents; (4) impression of the infant; (5) altruism; (6) nurses' self-esteem; and (7) impression of other staff.
(3) In the former case it is shown that even when Hamilton's conditions for the success of genetically determined altruism are met, genes that increase the transmission of altruism may not invade the population.
(4) "There is no such thing as altruism in consumption.
(5) On intuitive grounds, many have felt that Hamilton's Rule, br greater than c, should describe the evolution of reciprocal altruism and "green beard" genes.
(6) Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance and respect for non-conformity.
(7) These days, he gives slightly bitter talks , arguing that we're doing altruism all wrong.
(8) Downie holds that there is nothing to distinguish the doctor or lawyer from other occupations in terms of the criteria of self-interest and altruism.
(9) Biological and psychological research into the antecedents of altruism has considerable significance for those involved in the teaching or practice of medicine.
(10) Happiness-ecstacy and global altruism were exclusively recorded in cycloid psychosis.
(11) An upper bound is imposed on altruism by the condition that there must remain a net fitness advantage for docile behavior after the cost to the individual of altruism has been deducted.
(12) After this evidence has been collected, moral issues of altruism and beneficence can be balanced against the possible detriment to both patient and health care provider, with the highest priority given to the patient's concerns.
(13) Historically, nurses were expected to act out of on obligation to care, taking on Caring more as an identity than as work, and expressing altruism without, thought of autonomy either at the bedside of in their profession.
(14) This eclipse is to be regretted not just because widescale altruism has the capacity to provide important social goods and correct injustices in distribution, but for intrinsic reasons as well.
(15) The factors which may facilitate or inhibit altruism in medical students and doctors are discussed.
(16) Two systems of altruism are considered: parent-to-offspring and sib-to-sib.
(17) Nonmathematical (but mathematically acceptable) models are now proposed for evolution of negative altruism in dual-determinant and of positive altruism in tri-determinant systems.
(18) The institute, in fact, turned against the wars on the grounds attempted nation-building and democracy-spreading were "misguided altruism" which did not advance US interests.
(19) The changes in the duty to protect have mitigated this dilemma, by moving the duty in a direction consistent with the evolutionary theory of altruism.
(20) This occurs because of nonrandom associations that develop between genes that cause altruism and those that affect female mating behavior.
Samaritan
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
Example Sentences:
(1) We chat to a lovely woman in the Samaritans tent, which is manned in shifts.
(2) As for the big society, he may be recalling the famous quote from his political inspiration, Margaret Thatcher, who once said: "Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only good intentions.
(3) The Samaritans urges us to avoid some terms, such as the old-fashioned "commit suicide", as if it were a deliberate, thought-out act, or "successful suicide", as if this were a positive event, and instead use the balder "death by suicide" or "take one's own life".
(4) It is suggested that this 'Good Samaritan' activity of RBCs may lead to haemolysis during periods of exuberant antibody response to microbes.
(5) The early days in custody are a time of heightened suicide rick, and the Samaritans says it is crucial that awareness of the scheme and access to it is embedded into all reception and induction processes for new prisoners.
(6) Samaritans urges action on prison staffing after sharp rise in suicides Read more Nigel Newcomen’s inquiry was ordered by the prisons minister after official figures showed there had been six apparent homicides in prisons in 2015-16, the highest number since current records began in 2000 and up from four in 2014-15.
(7) To donate to Médecins Sans Frontières or Samaritan’s Purse, visit: msf.org.uk and samaritans-purse.org.uk
(8) Samaritans : 08457 90 90 90 (24-hour national helpline)
(9) If you have been affected by the stories in this article, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 in the UK .
(10) That backlog has now been cleared to manageable levels.” • In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 08457 90 90 90 or via email: jo@samaritans.org
(11) • If you have been affected by the issues in this article you can contact Samaritans on 08457 909090 or visit samaritans.org
(12) Two US aid workers for the christian humanitarian aid group Samaritan’s Purse were also reported to be infected.
(13) That’s his heart,” said Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for the non-profit medical mission group Samaritan’s Purse, which Brantly was working for in Liberia.
(14) To judge by recent weeks, British politics remains utterly committed to displays of what a new Samaritans report – "Men, Suicide and Society" – calls "hegemonic masculinity", or the kind of male behaviour that remains most highly prized.
(15) In less than a week, tens of thousands of people had donated so much money to her chosen charity, the Samaritans, that her total surged from £500 to more than £1m.
(16) No one can even begin to make out our feelings about MH370 and our beloved brother being accused of ill intent.” In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123.
(17) From 1975 to 1985, a total of 1596 coronary artery bypasses or valve replacements resulted in 18 gastrointestinal tract complications in 16 patients at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.
(18) The prison service take it very seriously and we know anecdotally that ex-listeners do not seem to be re-offending – many go on to become Samaritan volunteers."
(19) They include WaterAid and Samaritan's Purse, a medical charity where two US doctors have contracted the disease.
(20) In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org .