There is long-standing debate whether to count “lives saved” or “life-years saved” when evaluating policies to reduce mortality risk. Historically, the two approaches have been applied in different domains. Environmental and transportation policies have often been evaluated using lives saved, while life-years saved has been the preferred metric in other areas of public health including medicine...

The motives behind the author's decision to resuscitate a patient are examined. This is prompted by the realisation that he ignored the man's apparent wish not to be saved for fear of criticism from both relatives and colleagues. The way in which decisions are made when the interests of the doctor and the patient clash are briefly explored. Self interest may play a more significant role than is...

This article analyses Hosoda Mamoru’s anime film Summer Wars (2009) through its rearticulation of the lonely male otaku. A highly debated issue in and outside Japan, otaku community fans shares with nerds associations obsessive interests, technology, lack social skills. provides a counternarrative to such discourses by setting up story interpersonal ties an at centre. Furthermore, displaces thi...

Lee et al1Lee K.S. Choong A.M.T.L. Ng J.J. A systematic review of brachial artery ligation as a safe and feasible option in the management arteriovenous dialysis access infection.J Vasc Surg. 2021; 74: 327-333Google Scholar have provided summary published reports regarding emergency setting an infected upper arm origin hemodialysis access. The data indicate that without repair is well tolerated...