Human factors – they don’t apply to surgeons, right?

New modalities assessing left and right ventricular function: How they apply to myocardial infarction.

The combination of left ventricular function, especially left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), with clinical characteristics has been successfully used for an extended period to guide therapeutic decisions in patients with heart failure (HF) and myocardial infarction, despite numerous approaches to identify better prognostic indices. In recent years, new echocardiographic modalities have bee...

Lower blood pressure targets: to whom do they apply?

The Right to Excellence Illumination and Human Rights

In the classical Greek thought, the notion of “right” was concomitant with the “truth”. In the modern era, however, the notion of “right” became intertwined with the primacy of   “possessive individuality”. This primacy was, however, from the outset intellectually challenged. In the light of challenges posed, and by invoking the commonalities between Shahaboddin Suhrawardi and Martin Heidegger,...

To Apply Yourself Is Human, to Reapply Divine

Prefrontal cortex is involved in adapting our emotional response to setbacks. While we feel that some setbacks are controllable, others are not. Here, Bhanji and Delgado (2014) reveal the neural substrates of persistence in the face of controllable and uncontrollable setbacks.

GP surgeons: what are they? An audit of GP surgeons in South Australia.

INTRODUCTION In many parts of Australia where there is no access to local specialist services, procedural services are provided by local GPs. Within the range of procedural skills offered, a small group of GPs is able to provide surgery. Unlike other procedural areas, there remains no defined training or assessment pathway for GP surgeons. Support from specialist colleagues is variable and cont...