DR. Ansel Marion Caine (1882–1961) (fig. 1) rose to national prominence as a founding father of organized anesthesiology in the early 20th century. During the course of his career, he served as a leader of many organizations that have become the bedrock of the anesthesia community. He was Honorary President of the International Anesthesia Research Society in 1948 and served as a member of the A...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to determine the involvement of pediatric dentists in practice in managing patients with special health care needs (SCHN) upon completion of training. METHODS A questionnaire was developed, pilot tested, modified and sent to a randomly selected sample of 950 pediatric dentists in practice who were active and fellow members of the American Academy of Ped...

In recent decades, there has been growing attention to the overuse of caesarean section (CS) globally. In light of a high CS rate at a university hospital in Tanzania, we aimed to explore obstetric caregivers' rationales for their hospital's CS rate to identify factors that might cause CS overuse. After participant observations, we performed 22 semi-structured individual in-depth interviews and...

BACKGROUND The aim was to evaluate satisfaction of the parents of children who have undergone orthodontic treatment provided by their orthodontists and pediatric dentists in their private practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 412 parents were interviewed with the help of a questionnaire containing information such as demographic part, experience of braces, motives for orthodontic treatme...

a large number, we may fairly assume that we get somewhere near the truth." Some years ago, I commenced recording at the Eden Hospital for Women, Calcutta, the personal statement of every woman admitted as to the age at which she commenced to menstruate. During the same period I also made notes of the same fact in a good many cases of patients in my private practice. The period covered by these...

This study examined the efficacy of two screening batteries developed by Reitan and Wolfson [Reitan, R. M., & Wolfson, D. (2006). Issues in neuropsychology: Where have we succeeded? Where have we failed? What are the clinical and forensic implications? Presented at the 26th annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology] for predicting neuropsychological impairment on the Halstead...

Examining the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical profession the BMJ raised concern including: describing doctors as 'lapdogs to drug firms'; unethical recruiting in third world countries; manipulating codes of conduct; and medicine corrupted by industry largess. This paper offers an alternative perspective, questioning if largess is automatically contrary to societal n...

Leadership is a universal phenomenon; 2 however, how it is practised varies around the world. Leadership in health care is widely recognized as a requirement of professionals working in evolving and complex health care systems so that they can make sustainable changes and provide effective and efficient care. 3 We know that in physiotherapy (PT), leadership is necessary to respond to emerging h...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an intervention to alter patient unpunctuality. The major hypothesis was that the intervention will change the distribution of patient unpunctuality by decreasing patient tardiness and increasing patient earliness. DESIGN Prospective Quality Improvement. SETTING Specialty Pain Clinic in suburban Baltimore, Maryland, USA. PARTI...

THIS ARTICLE MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PUBLISHER. 45 One of the most popular self-help books in the United States today is The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.1 In this best seller, Covey presents a principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. One of his admonitions is to “begin wit...