In her Issue Is article entitled "Should Music Be Used Therapeutically in Occupational Therapy'" (AJOT, March 1992, pp. 275-277), Anne MacRae discussed issues that are not new. From 1984 until 1987, Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, was fortunate to have a part-time music therapist as a member of its occupational therapy department. Music therapy was introduced with the client ...

Despite common wisdom, the role of essential hypertension in the etiopathogenesis of ESRD has been controversial. Two recently published studies demonstrated a strong association of genetic variants in the gene that encodes the molecular motor protein nonmuscle myosin 2a (MYH9) with ESRD in African American patients without diabetes. These new data demonstrate that much of the excess risk of ES...

In an article recently published in the Journal, Zelek and Phillips [1] attempt to identify some of the current context of the "doctor – nurse" game as "played" at a Canadian hospital in January 2000. Some readers may appropriately ask "What does this have to do with equity?", but personal experience suggests dysfunctional medical teamwork inevitably leads to diminishment in quality. The reason...