Allogeneic chondrocyte implantation: What is stopping it from being a standard of care?

Is the Standard of Care What We Think It Is?

For the most part, gynecologists are actually unaware of the issues involving surrogate versus quality of life outcomes, the "deceptive practice of medicine" and the true incidence of complications as they relate to the standard of care. An anonymous survey of 1958 practicing gynecologists attending seven national symposia revealed a significant number of unreported complications. Clearly, the ...

health communication what it is and what is not

What is a standard?

THE POOR QUALITY of reagent chemicals in the United States by 1916 led to the statement by Hillebrand (1) that “the situation is particularly deplorable just now.” In 1919, to overcome the handicap of poor reagent chemicals, representatives of iiidustry, together with representatives of reagent users, undertook jointly under the sponsorship of the American Chemical Society, the task of establis...

Being a departmental head – what does it mean? Emphasizing the salience and shades in medical academia

Dear Editor, When an academician or clinician assumes the chair of department, multiple responsibilities dawn upon the chair that requires appropriate analysis and effective decision-making skills. Head of the department is uniquely poised to translate the organisational goals into the collective performance of the departmental members. Headship is an iterative process which necessitates ...

The concern for developmental neurotoxicology: is it justified and what is being done about it?

In general, it is believed that the possibility of an adverse developmental outcome following conception is relatively high. In most cases, the cause of the defect is not clear, although exposure to chemical agents at a critical period during development has been proposed to play a significant role. Consequently, regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) ha...