No, we should not lose the opportunity, but we need additional research

We Can, but Should We?

We can, but should we? After recently reflecting upon our profession as pediatric critical care physicians , I concluded that this one complex question gets asked many times throughout the day – or at least it should. A recent report discussed an emerging paradigm in pediatric critical care medicine (1). With more and more chronic patients filling our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), perha...

Why Do We Need To Compare Research Software , And How Should We Do It ?

How can we measure research software? Is it possible to compare it, given the myriad different research domains, practices and pieces of software? Do we even need to do this, and what benefits might it bring? This position paper sets out the reasons for why different stakeholders, from users to developers to funders, might wish to undertake this difficult task, and describes a proposed framewor...

Should we stop telling obese patients to lose weight?

Is the treatment of obesity futile? This is the question being asked on the following pages. Havrankova2 claims that it is (page 508), whereas Garrel3 claims the opposite (page 509). No matter what their respective opinions, the simple fact that we, as family doctors, are asking ourselves this question suggests we are uneasy when trying to help our obese patients. In fact, many of us believe th...

Why we need qualitative research.

Staff Burnout… Do we need any intervention?

Dear Editor, As you know physical and mental wellness of physicians and nurses, as the main role in the treatment of patients, in conditions such as burnout, compassion fatigue, depression, and poor work-life balance, is one of the top priorities in the U.S.A. National Academy of Medicine  (1-4). Although healthcare team members are generally known as a caregiver to others;  their h...