The Pros and Cons of the PROs

Compensatory Efforts; A Critique of the Pros and Cons

Compensatory efforts, positive discrimination or reverse discrimination are the terms which nowadays are used in applied ethics for a set of efforts and privileges which are scheduled for compensation of the historical oppressions and discriminations imposed upon some groups and classes in the society. The mentioned oppressions and discriminations may be applied deliberately or inadvertently or...

Pros & Cons

As scientists who are also clinicians, we should approach research work and clinical therapy with an objective attitude, bearing in mind that there are two sides to every theory. In particular, we hope the reader realizes the pros and cons of each situation. We already knew that the patients in the hospital might improve faster with more family contact, but family in the intensive care unit cou...

The Pros and Cons of Globalization

The Pros and Cons of Web Programming

The paper evaluates the most important Web programming languages (i.e. Perl, Unix Shell, C and C++, Java, Eiffel, Scripts). After ovewiewing the significant features, the advantages and limitations are compared. The suitability of different programming means for specific applications is also considered and discussed. “There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming language in whic...

Medical dramas – the pros and the cons

Opinion There has been increasing interest in the field of medicine and in the social life of patients as well as health care providers in the realm of the media, namely, films and television shows. Table 1 lists some popular television series that are based on events germane to the medical field [1–7]. These shows constitute a genre in television, the ''medical drama. " A medical drama can be ...