AN UNEASY ALLIANCE: DOCTORS OF GRIEF AND DOCTORS OF DIVINITY

Pathological grief in doctors' wives.

The mental health of doctors has received increasing attention in recent years, but articles on the doctor's wife and family remain scarce.' Those reports that do exist emphasise the wife's reluctance to express her dependence on her husband because he is already burdened with trying to meet the needs of his patients2 and her search for a personal identity that is not based solely on being a do...

Myths of Leisure Research: An Uneasy Alliance

Patents and research--an uneasy alliance.

Critics of the patent system have argued that rather than promoting the progress of science and the useful arts, the patent system as it exists in the United States and perhaps elsewhere may actually inhibit such progress. Much of the criticism has been focused on patenting of research tools. The author attempts to evaluate the extent of this effect, and to suggest some possible modifications t...

Quaternary Prevention, an Answer of Family Doctors to Overmedicalization

In response to the questioning of Health Policy and Management (HPAM) by colleagues on the role of rank and file family physicians in the same journal, the author, a family physician in Belgium, is trying to highlight the complexity and depth of the work of his colleagues and their contribution to the understanding of the organization and economy of healthcare. It addresses, in particular, the ...

Nursing and feminism: an uneasy alliance.