nothing more can be done

Drug safety: can more be done?

Not everything that can be done should be done.

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Inequality – What can be done ?

Prof. Atkinson is one of the most influential authors on inequality. This popular science book consists of 400 pages, divided in three parts: Diagnosis, Proposal for Action and Can It Be Done with 11 chapters. Beside these 11 chapters, there is an Introduction and the final part of the book entitled The Way Forward. At the end of the book, there is Glossary and a long list of the notes for each...

Ethics review: Perioperative do-not-resuscitate orders – doing 'nothing' when 'something' can be done

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has the ability to reverse premature death. It can also prolong terminal illness, increase discomfort and consume enormous resources. Despite the desire to respect patient autonomy, there are many reasons why withholding CPR may be complicated in the perioperative setting. This review outlines these factors in order to offer practical suggestions and to provo...

‘Nothing can be done until everything is done’: the use of complexity arguments by food, beverage, alcohol and gambling industries

BACKGROUND Corporations use a range of strategies to dispute their role in causing public health harms and to limit the scope of effective public health interventions. This is well documented in relation to the activities of the tobacco industry, but research on other industries is less well developed. We therefore analysed public statements and documents from four unhealthy commodity industrie...