The Words We Use, the Procedures We Do, and How We Change (Medical Care Information for Family Physicians)

How do we change practice when we have the evidence?

Translating research findings into practice includes myriad pragmatic realities, including understanding the suitability of the data to a particular patient group, writing new guidelines for occupational therapy practitioners, facilitating adoption of the guidelines, and instituting new patterns of care for patients. The process is more than a matter of disseminating the information to practiti...

When do we stop, and how do we do it? Medical futility and withdrawal of care.

Dr Hinshaw: Welcome to the general session entitled “When Do We Stop, and How Do We Do It? Medical Futility and Withdrawal of Care.” This symposium is one of an ongoing series of symposia focused on palliative care organized by the Work Group for Surgical Palliative Care, jointly sponsored by the College and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are fortunate to be able to make this a highly i...

Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for dermatologists: What shall we do when we don’t know what to do?

What shall we do when we have done everything we could for the diagnosis and treatment of a patient, but were not successful? What shall we do when there is no definite treatment for a patient? What shall we do when we have no diagnosis or treatment for a patient? Some useful suggestions are presented here to get rid of these situations.

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

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...