Existence (or, Our Patient with Superpowers)

Communicating with our child patient or why is Johnny crying?

Goeie kommunikasie is die hoeksteen van die verpleegberoep. Aan die hand van gevalle illustreer die skrywer dat die kind veral gevoelig is vir ’n gebrek aan kommunikasie en dat 'n spesiale poging dus aangewend moet word. Hospitalisasie en veral die skeiding van sy moeder het ’n intense invloed op die kind en sy reaksies hang van verskeie faktore af. Om te voorkom dat die hospitaalervaring horn ...

Justifying our existence.

The title of this editorial may have existential and philosophical implications but for our purposes is designed to reflect a more everyday requirement. That is to demonstrate to the public that the treatments we purvey are effective in managing their complaints. The need to demonstrate effectiveness is a rational one both in terms of spending healthcare budgets wisely and avoiding unnecessary ...

Eating or Feeding Our Young: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Can Science Change our Notion of Existence?

I explore the question of whether scientific changes can induce mutations in our ordinary notion of existence. I conclude that they can’t, partially on the grounds that some of the proposed alternative-notions of existence are only terminologically-distinct from our ordinary notion, and so don’t provide genuine metaphysical alternatives, and partially on the grounds that the ordinary notion of ...

Patient safety: fulfilling our commitment.

T he need to focus on increasing patient safety is an issue of which we are all aware. The two major plastic surgery organizations, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), have actively promoted patient safety in their respective publications, meetings, and public education. In fact, they have urged patients to seek out boa...