The biographical challenge of caring

The challenge of caring for the severely disabled.

Caring for the severely disabled is challenging. More than a dozen years ago, a colleague of mine left our group family practice to practice full-time geriatrics. His leaving had a great impact on me. He was quite skilled in caring for the disabled; I was not. When he left, I assumed the care of a few of my colleague’s group-home patients, at least for acute issues. Most could not speak for the...

Futurescapes: Challenge for Social and Management Sciences Biographical Note

This paper is intended to contribute some background knowledge about the future in management and organisation studies. It provides historical information on the way the social sciences have engaged with the future and seeks to identify the difficulties with the subject of the future for scientific study. It suggests that futurity is an inescapable aspect of all social being and thus needs to b...

Biographical Sketches

Some notable names in renal medicine from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Abercrombie moved from successful general practice into the Royal Public Dispensary as a consultant and was appointed physician to the King in Scotland. President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and a contemporary of Sir Robert Christison both ...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

Biographical methods