Rest in peace, Bob Tollison

Terri Schiavo: rest in peace.

As Charles Weijer has pointed out, the case of Terri Schiavo involved a family conflict regarding end-of-life decisionmaking. This irreconcilable conflict resulted in a series of judicial interventions that were a rerun, with some differences, of the Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Beth Cruzan and other wellknown cases. Nowadays, many hospitals rely on clinical ethicists, ethics committees or mediator...

The National Pharmaceuticals Strategy: Rest in peace, revive or renew?

Why we should let "evidence-based medicine" rest in peace.

Evidence-based medicine is a redundant term to the extent that doctors have always claimed they practiced medicine on the basis of evidence. They have, however, disagreed about what exactly constitutes legitimate evidence and how to synthesize the totality of evidence in a way that supports clinical action. Despite claims to the contrary, little progress has been made in solving this hard probl...

An old risk factor for COPD: rest in peace, 15%

Casenote MCDONNELL DOUGLAs , 1973 - 2003 : MAY YOU REST IN PEACE ?

All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt. I have seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer a...