Not all in a name

It's all in a name.

It's all in the name.

In recent years it has become fashionable to call a person seeking health care a client instead of a patient. Some consider that this is part of the change in nursing, from the old military model that Florence Nightingale was acquainted with to the new consumer model. Nurses are also finding themselves in the position of acting as advocates for the care-seeking person. For me, none of these mod...

a narration from sociology which does not have a name

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Academic nepotism – all that glitters is not gold

Dear Editor With increasing emphasis on publications forfaculty recruitment, career advancementand obtaining research grants, the issues relatedto author kinship and academic nepotism havegrown significantly and these probably reflectthe inflationary growth rather than the optimalgrowth warranted due to increasing researchcomplexity. Allesina S (1) measured the fullmagnitude of nepotism in the ...

JAMA Ophthalmology: it's not just a new name.

The world of ophthalmology is fortunate to have had the scholarly leadershipofDanielAlbert,MD,MS, as oneof the longestserving editors of JAMAOphthalmology, formerly theArchives of Ophthalmology. It is an honor and a privilege for me to followDr Albert as the next (and ninth) editor of JAMAOphthalmology. Far beyond just a new editor in chief, this July 2013 issue begins the transition to a major...