Ana Rubio

Recordar y conmemorar a José Luis Serrano nos exige hacer balance de su dimensión de profesor, escritor, investigador y político, aspectos de su persona que no siempre son fáciles de delimitar, pues desde sus inicios académicos, el conocimiento científico, la política y la cultura se encuentran estrechamente ligados. Creo que entenderemos mejor al hombre y académico-docente si utilizamos sus propias palabras, contenidas en su autobiografía. Él mismo reconocía que toda biografía, o autobiografía, es un género literario, y que el mismo acto de escribir es una forma de hacer autobiografía cifrada…

Background: Patients at the end-of-life and their families experience a strong emotional impact. The wellbeing of the patient at the end-of-life and their family caregiver are related. Aim: to explore the elements related with the emotional wellbeing of patients with and without cognitive impairment at the end-of-life and that of their primary family caregivers. Design: Cross- sectional study. Participants: data was collected from 202 patients at the end of life with different diagnosis (COPD, cancer and frail elderly) as well as from their respective 202 primary family caregivers. Results: Structural equation models indicated that the emotional state of the patients was best predicted by their functional independence and the burden of their family caregivers. At the same time, the emotional state of the primary family caregiver was predicted by their burden and not by the cognitive state or the functional independence of the patient. Nevertheless, the burden of the family caregiver, which is the only variable predicting both the emotional state of the patient and that of the caregiver, was directly related with the functional independence of the patient and indirectly with the patient’s cognitive state. Conclusions: The burden of the family caregiver stands out as a key factor in the reduction of the emotional distress of patients at the end-of-life –whether or not they present significant cognitive impairment- and that of their family caregivers.

Psychosocial risks at work are an important occupational problem since they can have an impact on workers' health, productivity, absenteeism, and company profits. Among their consequences, burnout stands out for its prevalence and associated consequences. This problem is particularly noteworthy in the case of teachers. The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of some psychosocial factors and risks in burnout development, taking into consideration the levels of burnout according to the Spanish Burnout Inventory. This paper contributes to advancing knowledge on this issue by analyzing the influence of work characteristics and personal characteristics on the progress of burnout. The sample consisted of 8,235 non-university teachers, aged 22 to 70. For this purpose, statistical modeling by logistic regression was used. The results of this study showed that No burnout level was positively related with resources variables and negatively with demand variables. In the Medium-High levels and the higher levels of burnout, there is a positive relation with demand variables and a negative one with resource variables. In conclusion, demand variables cause an increase in the burnout levels, influencing positively the movements between the levels of No burnout to Medium-High levels of burnout and Medium-High levels to Profile 1. At the same time, resource variables had a negative influence on burnout. However, the results in the movement between Profile 1 and Profile 2 were not expected. The variable Imbalance had a negative relationship with the movement between Profile 1 to Profile 2, and Social support and Autonomy at work had a positive relationship with this movement. Therefore, when professionals feel higher levels of burnout, lack of imbalance together with social support and autonomy could contribute to increased feelings of guilt and risk of higher burnout.

Este artículo intenta probar mediante un análisis más amplio y complejo de los escritos de Rousseau, la importancia social y política de los simbólico. El valor del papel afectivo de la mujer en la familia para la construcción de un YO independiente y autónomo, se destaca. Esta interpretación se usa para argumentar que en las sociedades occidentales actuales, la llave para los lazos familiares recae en la diferente capacidad para el amor y el sexo que existe entre hombres y mujeres,y de la cual proviene la desigualdad en la esfera pública y privada.