KENNEDY, KENNEDY, AND THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT: “STILL IN SEARCH OF A UNIFYING PRINCIPLE”?

The Johnston – Kennedy Era

THE SURGEONS I first met Mr (as he was then) George Johnston and Mr Terence Kennedy in the old Wards 5 and 6 in the Royal Victoria Hospital (now demolished) 2 when I was a student. They had strikingly different personalities-Mr Kennedy was more than a little daunting but both were constantly stimulating and renowned teachers. The teaching ward rounds revealed surgical cases in the true sense of...

Mr Kennedy and consumerism.

The issues raised by Ian Kennedy in the course of his 1980 Reith Lectures on medical ethics are also of concern to Great Britain's Patients Association. Ackroyd, as Chairman of the Association, does not however share Kennedy's view that the consumerism model for regulating abuses is appropriate to medical care. She would prefer to have the Health Service Commissioner authorized to investigate...

Honoring Ian McColl Kennedy.

Eugene Patrick Kennedy, 1919-2011.

E ugene Patrick Kennedy died peacefully at his Cambridge home, age 92 years, on September 22, 2011. He was a giant of 20th century biochemistry, and his pioneering studies of lipid biosynthesis and function were a foundation of modern cell biology. He was also a man of immense intellect and genuine modesty, a devoted teacher who inspired his many students and colleagues, and a loving father, gr...

Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome - a case report.

Objective: To report a case of Pseudo-Foster Kennedy (PFK) syndrome and describe its clinical and paraclinical particularities, as well as the diagnostic difficulties and established treatment. Methods: The case of a 60-year-old male patient with sudden, painless visual impairment in the left eye (LE), and a medical history of old optic nerve atrophy in his right eye (RE) was described. Results...