منابع مشابه
Slaves to medicine.
In a provocative new book, 1 George Beauchamp, MD, claims that physicians are “slaves to medicine.” He explains that this is partly because “when most people go to see a doctor, both the services the doctor provides and the fees that insurance companies allow him to charge are largely predetermined by parties other than the patients and doctors.” Most patients, in turn, feel completely powerles...
متن کاملMasters change, slaves remain.
Sex determination offers an opportunity to address many classic questions of developmental biology. In addition, because sex determination evolves rapidly, it offers an opportunity to investigate the evolution of genetic hierarchies. Sex determination in Drosophila melanogaster is controlled by the master regulatory gene, Sex lethal (Sxl). DmSxl controls the alternative splicing of a downstream...
متن کاملLiberating Exotic Slaves 1
The introduction of confined, “slave” fields is frequently useful as a formal device in models of condensed matter physics; it becomes a conceptual necessity for describing possible phases of matter where the slaves are liberated. Here I discuss some aspects of the fractional quantum Hall effect from this point of view, emphasizing analogies with phenomena in other areas of physics, particularl...
متن کاملNever Say Never in Medicine
F or over two decades I have religiously clung to the notion that maternal hyperglycemia is the root of all evil in pregnancies complicated by diabetes (1). To this end, I have valiantly waved the flag for universal screening for gestational diabetes (2), intensified glucose monitoring (3,4), and intensified insulin delivery for all women with hyperglycemia in pregnancy (5). In addition, I cham...
متن کاملParenteral nutrition: never say never
This review emphasizes the benefits of parenteral nutrition (PN) in critically ill patients, when prescribed for relevant indications, in adequate quantities, and in due time. Critically ill patients are at risk of energy deficit during their ICU stay, a condition which leads to unfavorable outcomes, due to hypercatabolism secondary to the stress response and the difficulty to optimize feeding....
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/310173b0