Key reflections

Key reflections

The 50th anniversary of the publication of the proposed double-helix structure for DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick last year was widely celebrated. But historically, we are still perhaps too close to the event to realise its ultimate significance. Therefore, the more people who were involved or who subsequently worked with the molecule write and tell of their experiences, the richer histo...

Reflections on Reflections

The graduate student workshop ''Buddhist Art: Objects and Contexts'' was an unusual event. Like Reflections of the Buddha, the exhibition it addressed, it was in constant dialogue with its physical setting, the singular Tadao Ando ¯ building home to the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, as the four sessions moved through the four galleries in changing light. The event was also distinguished by ...

Martin P. Levin Distinguished Mentorship Award: reflections on mentorship in pediatric psychology: key issues and implications.

I regard this award as a significant honor, and I would like to acknowledge the Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP), the extraordinary generosity of the Levin family, and the efforts of my own mentors, most especially Dick Lanyon, Bruce Cushna, Gail Gardner, and Don Routh. This occasion has afforded me the opportunity to reflect on mentoring on a personal level and to address the implications...

Management tools and organization as key factors towards quality care: reflections from experience.

Health care organization in French hospitals has become an increasingly important issue, as efforts to ensure better cost control have increased financial constraints, as patients have demanded ever better results and quality, and as nurses' expectations for better working conditions have grown. Organizing a health care unit requires an articulation between individual efforts--necessary both fo...

Societal Reflections on Developing Key Technologies and Their Impacts on Human Qualifications