Different Angles, Changing Perspectives

Changing perspectives in radiosurgery

Introduction: The original idea of Lars Leksell and Borje Larson (12, 13) of delivering a single, highly collimated dose of radiation energy either to perform or to treat focal endocranial lesions, has gradually become a powerful and attractive therapeutic option for several neurosurgical disorders. However, for almost half-a-century, some major “tenets” have represented unquestionable pre-requ...

Changing perspectives on palliative care.

In the United States, hospice and palliative care are two distinct expressions of the hospice interdisciplinary team approach to end-of-life care, which originated in Great Britain in the 1960s. The hospice movement developed largely as a home-care program and alternative to conventional care. Hospice regulations and reimbursement allowances limit services to patients who are expected to die wi...

GP careers: changing student perspectives.

Changing perspectives childhood: theory, researc

..................................................................................................................4 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................4 I. A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ..................................................................6 The formative years of life......................................

Correlative microscopy – seeing at different angles

Microscopic techniques allow to investigate samples based on various contrasts such as optical, electron or magnetic. Although specialized microscopic techniques often yield convincing and sufficient information, there are many systems where just one kind of contrast does not give the whole picture and needs complementary technique. A well-known example is the combination of electron and optica...