The Effects of Randomized Controlled Trials on Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: A Square Peg in a Round Hole

The effects of randomized controlled trials on vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: a square PEG in a round hole.

A square peg in a round hole.

My fear is that the hopes that I have for my practice, and the beliefs I have come to hold regarding how I would like to teach will be worn down by the myriad realities and pressures I am likely to experience as a beginning teacher. In many ways I suspect that the teaching tools with which I have been equipped by my pre-service training, based largely on constructivist principles, may ill-prepa...

Square peg in a round hole.

Square Peg Reforms in round Hole Governments

Government often dominates developing countries. Sometimes government is the only game in town. Countries suffer when rules of this game are deficient and governments are ineffective or predatory. Because this frequently seems to be the case, public sector institutional reforms have emerged as central to development. These reforms are an essential element of interventions by players like the Wo...

Health promotion and the randomised controlled trial: a square peg in a round hole?

In their paper published in BMC Oral Health in March, Barker and Horton present qualitative data which explored Latino parents' main concerns regarding accessing dental care for their pre-school children. In the radical discourse of health promotion the use of participant narratives is a first and essential step in community development interventions. While there is agreement regarding the deve...