Time to Stop Saying Geriatric Assessment Is Too Time Consuming

Saying too Little and Saying too Much

You are going to Paul’s party tonight. You have a long day of work ahead of you before that, but you can’t wait to get there. Your annoying friend comes up to you and says, ‘Hi! Oh, are you going to Paul’s party tonight? I don’t think I’ll go. Unless your going?’ You reply, ‘I have to work.’ There are lies and then there are misleading utterances that are not lies. You did not lie to your frien...

Stop saying ‘ ‘ epileptic ’ ’ * yz

*Department of Neurology of Faculty of Medical Sciences of State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil; yASPE (Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes com Epilepsia), Campinas, SP, Brazil; zCInAPCe Program (Cooperação Interinstitucional de Apoio à Pesquisas sobre o Cérebro), São Paulo State, Brazil; and xDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine of Medical Sciences of State Univers...

Writing qualitative article: It is time to quality improvement

Précis: This debate article highlights some questions from critics of qualitative research. Planning for proper design, philosophical background, researcher as a research instrument in the study, trustworthiness and application of findings are main debates in this field. One of the issues that have been received little attention is report of qualitative inquiry. A qualified report can an...

I-4: Is It Time Now to Cancel Fresh EmbryoTransfer

The implantation of embryo depends on the quality of the embryo and the receptivity of the endometrium. While the factors affecting embryo quality were optimized, the implantation rates did not reach the desirable levels. This directs the blaming for endometrial receptivity which already has been affected by supra-physiological levels of hormone, namely estradiol, in controlled ovarian hypersti...

Is it time to stop teaching breast self-examination?