An adult observed a preschool child working assiduously on a drawing and asked, “What are you drawing?” Without looking up, the child responded, “I’m drawing the face of God.” The adult smiled and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” The child answered, “They will in a couple minutes.” No one is really sure what creativity looks like either, but half a century ago Joy Guilford describe...

This paper focuses on one aspect of a research study exploring the cognitive processes of decision making by 11 nurse practitioners and 11 general practitioners from the south east of England, using six patient scenarios during 2000. It sets out to explain some of their decision-making processes. This paper is part of a larger study discussing the use of information processing theory as a frame...

Abstract The National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) set out key performance indicators in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy, one of which is the assessment individuals pre-operative risk mortality. This should be made explicit to patient and recorded clearly on consent form medical record.1 Pre-operative mortality can calculated through clinical or using NELA scoring tool. Omission a...