Aboriginal people were labeled as 'non-responsive' because the Western medical system generally expects individuals to conform to the system, assert their preferences and to take control of their personal health care.
American psychologist Jeffrey Goldstein has asserted, "These preferences develop early and appear to have biological as well as social origins.
Putting our own preferences aside, the awards, in suggesting the industry's image of itself, are the one way that the industry as a whole asserts its preferences in (some) distinction from the box-office results.
Higher levels of female income are associated with women asserting their preferences within the household (Luke and Munshi 2011).
For example, if you routinely have difficulty asserting your preferences, the next time your order is taken incorrectly at a restaurant or coffee-shop, politely clarify the situation and ask that it be addressed: "I asked that my steak be cooked medium.
By early today, the United States had asserted that preference yet again, launching cruise missile attacks on Baghdad.
"If he is now asserting his preference to play college football, he cannot show he has been injured by the N.F.L. rule," Roberts said in a telephone interview.
An electronic information dissemination and voting system could be established in which the 10 million shareholders could elect individuals to manage the paper and periodically assert, say quarterly, its preferences on the finances and operations of the Los Angeles Times.
The high proportionate income of women on the tea estates could lead them to assert and achieve their preferences for investing in child health (Luke and Munshi 2011).
In her world, women are not human beings capable of asserting their own preferences or declining to conform to the preferences of others.
