We Must Do Better

We must--and we can--do better.

With Oral Chemotherapy, We Simply Must Do Better!

PROBLEM: Many health care organizations have focused on improving safety with parenteral chemotherapy but have done less to ensure safe practices with oral chemotherapy. Although oral chemotherapy is associated with ease of administration, an error with an oral agent can be just as deadly as an error with a parenteral formulation. Two years ago Ruth Ann Collins, a 60-year-old woman with a histo...

Mother's milk still best--and we must do better.

Snakebite and Acute Kidney Injury: We Must do Better!

Snakebite is one of the most neglected public health issues in rural areas causing significant death and disability. Actual burden of snakebite remains elusive due to serious under-reporting. Majority of victims die even before reaching hospital [1,2]. South Asia is the most heavily affected region of the globe. The highest figures reported from Asia, so far, come from a community-based survey ...

PL480 Food Aid: We Can Do Better

©1999–2004 CHOICES. All rights reserved. Articles may be reproduced or electronically distributed as long as attribution to Choices and the American Agricultural Economics Association is maintained. Choices subscriptions are free and can be obtained through http://www.choicesmagazine.org. Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 ...