Clinical skills still provoke debate

Covert video surveillance continues to provoke debate.

When the editor invites comment on a response to an analysis of a criticism of a protocol already defended by the author in this journal, the issue is clearly contentious. I will comment briefly on Thomas's paper in this issue of the journal, and look at points of agreement as well as dissent.

Genome-wide association studies provoke debate and a new look at strategy.

G enomewide association studies (GWAS), which began with hopes of quickly uncovering the genetic underpinnings of disease and personalizing treatment and risk prediction, are now the subject of debate in both academic journals and the general media. GWAS use microarrays to scan thousands of tissue samples from patients with a particular disease and compare the results with samples from healthy ...

Affordable Care Act: Your economic future still up for debate.

Closed-system suctioning: why is the debate still open?

Treatment in severe acute pancreatitis – still a reason of debate

UNLABELLED Surgical therapy in severe acute pancreatitis significantly evolved in the last 10 to 20 years. The aim was to present the experience of the First Surgery Clinic within the University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, in the management of severe acute pancreatitis, following major etiopathogenic, diagnostic and treatment aspects. Our study was retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive,...