Co-operation between Societies in Clinical Haemorheology

Clinical significance of haemorheology.

Ischaemia of various organs or tissues is the com monest pathological process in severe and fatal disea ses. It has always been widely assumed that ischaemia is the result of either cardiac failure or narrowing of the arteries. Haemorheology is concerned with the third possibility, that ischaemia may also be due to an abnormality of the flow properties of the blood. Whilst we all accept in ever...

Co-Operation between the Churches and Medicine

A factual account of some of the forms of co-operation between ministers of religion and doctors may well be helpful. Even though the information given is by no means complete, it may surprise many readers to discover how much is going on in this direction. But they need not feel that there are no gaps left to be filled. The Churches' Council of Healing is perhaps the body with most widespread ...

Co-operation between physician and psychiatrist in psycho-somatic medicine.

Technology-enriched Schools: Co-operation between Teachers and Researchers

Technology-enriched schools offer unique opportunities for research into the use of information technology in education. As in every applied educational research project, some concerns should be carefully considered. One of them is teacher involvement. Another issue of concern is finding a proper balance between development and controlled research. In the Dutch Technology-Enriched School projec...

Universities and industry: marriage or co-operation between independent partners?

Michael Gibbons, the present secretary-general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, published in Nature 402 (2 December 1999) an article on ‘Science’s new social contract with society’. Gibbons argues that “the old image of science working autonomously will no longer suffice”: the clear demarcation lines between university science and industrial science are disappearing. According t...