Throwing the baby out with the bath water?

Are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore aspects of the effectiveness of three pressure-redistributing support surfaces in routine clinical practice. METHOD A non-randomised prospective cohort study was used, with skin outcomes reported for 219 subjects at risk of pressure ulcer development. RESULTS Few instances of new pressure damage were observed; these related to specific clinical issues, ...

Throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Every Thing Must Go is wildly ambitious. It advances substantive views on the proper scope of metaphysics (unifying science), the nature of reality (things subservient to structures), the current state of play in quantum gravity (fragmented), and the connection between fundamental physics and the rest of science (hard to summarise). It is both fascinating and infuriating. A key theme is the dis...

The reform of UK research ethics committees: throwing the baby out with the bath water?

On 1 May 2004 research ethics committees became legally accountable to a new government body, the United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority. This marks the end of the self regulation of research ethics. This paper describes how this change in research ethics committee status has come about and explores the implications for research subjects, researchers, institutions, and for regulation of rese...

Conferences vs. Journals: Throwing the baby out with the bath water?

Criticism of the conference model should be put in context. Evidence suggests that the essential features of this model have emerged as responses to challenges posed by current trends of scientific research and the impact of the new techno-economic paradigm: the age of Information and Communication Technology [8]. The economic, social and technical impact of this revolution on the whole scienti...

Motilin agonists and dyspepsia: throwing out the baby with the bath water.