British disciplinary or legal actions proliferate in IVF

To proliferate or not to proliferate.

Cardiomyocytes in mammalian hearts undergo significant reduction in their cell proliferation capacity soon after birth, which is not disputed. However, it remains uncertain whether the adult heart contains a limited capacity for cell proliferation. Through the use of immunohistochemical staining methods, it has been reported that adult mouse cardiomyocytes can re-enter the cell cycle and duplic...

Immigration and Insurance in British Columbia: A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration

Characteristics of complaints resulting in disciplinary actions against Danish GPs

OBJECTIVE The risk of being disciplined in connection with a complaint case causes distress to most general practitioners. The present study examined the characteristics of complaint cases resulting in disciplinary action. MATERIAL AND METHODS The Danish Patients' Complaints Board's decisions concerning general practice in 2007 were examined. Information on the motives for complaining, as wel...

To proliferate, not to proliferate or to die. The liver itself decides as needed.

Preventing the need for disciplinary actions against Canadian physicians

M edicine has been organized as a profession across the developed world for almost two centuries. 1 As part of belonging to a profession , physicians have developed and agreed to adhere to codes of ethics and/or standards of conduct. The use of professionalism to organize and deliver medical services is based on the understanding that medicine demands an expertise " not easily comprehensible to...