Provocation—Pushing the Reasonable Man Too Far?

A sternotomy too far.

Median sternotomy has been used for a long time as a standard approach for many cardiothoracic procedures in children. Many complications have been reported to result from this approach with different incidences. Iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia has not been reported as a definite complication of such approach. This paper presents a case report for a 14-month-old boy with iatrogenic diaphragmati...

Mammography screening: how far is too far?

INTRODUCTION This study answers the question: 'How far must a Canadian woman travel before the risk of a motor vehicle accident (MVA) outweighs the benefits of mammography screening?'. METHODS Numbers needed to screen and false positive rates were extracted from information in the breast screening guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on screening for breast cancer. Motor vehicle accidents ...

The “Reasonable Man” and other legal standards

In the common law of negligence, an individual breaches the duty of due care if she fails to act as would a “reasonable man” under the circumstances. A natural question, first posed by Rubinstein [8], is whether the “reasonable man” can be derived from the views of actual agents. Rubinstein introduced an axiomatic model and showed that there does not exist a non-dictatorial aggregation method w...

The Perils of Taking Property Too Far.

The RAE: An Assessment Too Far?

A 20 year quantitative assessment of research in British universities has coincided with a renaissance in their international status. But even as other nations seek to emulate the approach, domestic critics are calling into question its dominance over university life.