Women in Surgery: Changing Perspectives

Changing perspectives in radiosurgery

Introduction: The original idea of Lars Leksell and Borje Larson (12, 13) of delivering a single, highly collimated dose of radiation energy either to perform or to treat focal endocranial lesions, has gradually become a powerful and attractive therapeutic option for several neurosurgical disorders. However, for almost half-a-century, some major “tenets” have represented unquestionable pre-requ...

Perspectives of Women Giving Birth in Zambia

Background & aim: Women experience childbirth in a variety of contexts with different aspirations. However, the experience has far-reaching implications for women’s health and that of their neonates. To explore the childbirth experiences of women giving birth in Zambia in order to better understand how they give meaning to the experience this study was conducted. Methods: This study was carried...

Changing perspectives on palliative care.

In the United States, hospice and palliative care are two distinct expressions of the hospice interdisciplinary team approach to end-of-life care, which originated in Great Britain in the 1960s. The hospice movement developed largely as a home-care program and alternative to conventional care. Hospice regulations and reimbursement allowances limit services to patients who are expected to die wi...

GP careers: changing student perspectives.

Changing perspectives childhood: theory, researc

..................................................................................................................4 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................4 I. A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ..................................................................6 The formative years of life......................................