TOO VALUABLE TO REVIEW

Genetic screening and insurance: too valuable an underwriting tool to be banned from the system.

Too many, too few, too concentrated? A review of the pediatric subspecialty workforce literature.

OBJECTIVES To summarize recent pediatric subspecialty workforce analyses and to highlight similarities and differences across studies. DESIGN By using MEDLINE, we conducted a systematic search of the literature published from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 2002. We included research articles and task force reports, and abstracted author, year of publication, specialty, sample size, ana...

A review on the most valuable biomarkers in epilepsy

Background & Objective: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with the prevalence of 50 million in the world. Despite of many researches and introducing of different anti-epileptic drugs, 30% of patients suffer from refractory seizures. Biomarkers are the measurable indicators to detect the physiological and pathological condition. Biomarkers in epilepsy can be utilized for prediction, dia...

Is franchising in health care valuable? A systematic review.

BACKGROUND Franchising is an organizational form that originates from the business sector. It is increasingly used in the healthcare sector with the aim of enhancing quality and accessibility for patients, improving the efficiency and competitiveness of organizations and/or providing professionals with a supportive working environment. However, a structured overview of the scientific evidence f...

Too hard to face.

While the Holocaust is often placed at the genesis of bioethics, this relatively young field has not yet seriously explored the conduct of German scientists and physicians involved in the human subjects experiments of the Holocaust. We comfort ourselves with the beliefs that the individuals involved in the events of the Holocaust were mad or evil and unlike other scientists and physicians. Yet ...