Journalistic Professionalism in the Digital Age

Twitter, News Aggegators & Co: Journalistic Gatekeeping in the Age of Digital Media Culture

Medical professionalism in the internet age.

Medical professionalism encompasses the conduct and practices of physicians, both as individuals and as a collective organisation. Professionalism enhances the trust and confi dence of patients and society in doctors. For a profession that deals with decision making in an environment fraught with medical uncertainty and information asymmetry between the doctor and the patient, a reasonable degr...

Professionalism in the age of computerised medical records.

Electronic medical records have the potential to improve clinical care and to provide answers to important research questions. Research using existing medical records has provided important knowledge about the effectiveness and risks of widely-used medications. However, electronic medical records also raise ethical dilemmas regarding informed consent and confidentiality. Breaches of confidentia...

Digital ischaemia in the digital age

After the accidental injection of epinephrine into a digit, various techniques to try and reverse the ensuing ischaemia were unsuccessful. To identify a further treatment strategy and as members of the admitting team were unfamiliar with digital injection of epinephrine a Google search was performed. Previous cases were described and separate sources indicated appropriate management protocols u...

Estimating Dental Age Using the Pulp/Tooth Perimeter Ratio in Maxillary Canines by Digital Panoramic Radiography

Introduction: Teeth can be used to determine age in forensic medicine if none of the other techniques of identification are appropriate. The researchers used panoramic radiographs from patients referred to Yazd Shahid Sadoughi Dental School to determine age using pulp/tooth perimeter ratio. Methods: In this diagnostic study, 800 panoramic digital radiographs were examined and the age of the pa...