Histology - Trade or Profession?

Neurosurgery: A profession or a technical trade?

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), 11 years ago converted its Internal Revenue Code (IRC) tax status from a 501 (c) (3) to a 501 (c) (6) entity. By doing so, the professional medical association, now a trade association, was able to more aggressively lobby, support political campaigns, and pursue business opportunities for its members. In the following decade, major chang...

Dentistry in America Trusted Profession or Duplicitous Trade What will the future be?

Specialization or uniformity within the profession?

Several articles on the developing specialty of hand therapy within occupational therapy were featured in the September 27, 1990, issue of OT Week. It was disturbing to read, however, that the American Society of Hand Therapists was founded in 1977 not to augment or promote occupational therapy's knowledge base or practice, but rather, to "foster the advancement of the profession of hand therap...

Fine needle biopsy: cytology, histology or both?

Free Trade or Protection: A Literature Review on Trade Barriers

The purpose of this paper is to, firstly explain the reason of international trade according to recent theories; secondly, collect several sorts of opinions about free trade and protectionism referring to relevant literatures; thirdly describe export barriers in different aspects, such as natural barriers and artificial barriers; lastly from trade regulation perspective introduce WTO as a tool ...