Striving Toward Openness: But What Do We Really Mean?

Critical reflection. What do we really mean?

Do we really know what critical reflection means in the context of work-integrated learning, more specifically cooperative education? Critical reflection, in some form, is located within many higher education programmes, including cooperative education and many educators would say this is important for in-depth student learning. It is a form of reflection that is complicated as well as challeng...

Palliative care; what do you really mean?

Patient delay in cancer diagnosis: what do we really mean and can we be more specific?

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis is a key focus of cancer control because of its association with survival. Delays in diagnosis can occur throughout the diagnostic pathway, within any one of its three component intervals: the patient interval, the primary care interval and the secondary care interval. DISCUSSION A key focus for help-seeking research in patients with symptoms of cancer has been the ...

Ascorbic acid: what do we really no?

THE HUMAN CUTANEOUS CIRCULATION has emerged as a potential representative vascular bed for investigating mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction in clinical populations. Microvascular dysfunction, including a loss of nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation, is one of the earliest pathological changes associated with cardiovascular disease and is clearly evident in human skin. Several putative mecha...

Superior Capsule Reconstruction: What Do We Know?

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...