It was established beyond the shadow of a doubt [in the early 1960s] that the individual who is involved in automobile accidents, regardless of whether he appears to cause them or not, is much more likely to have accidents in the future than is the person who is accident free. These studies embraced probably well over 1 million cases in the aggregate. Note that I have just referred to accidents...

SUMMARY The author explains that Surgery, and Urology in particular, began as crafts. He shows how they were and, to some degree still are, disciplines taught by masters to their apprentices; but today's urologist can no longer be entirely a lone figure or simply a master craftsman. The British system is used by the author as a point of reference for discussing training experience, course teach...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify what nurses want to know most about death education and to obtain baseline data to improve nurses' training and education. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING Seven hospitals in Shanghai, China. SAMPLE 617 RNs. METHODS A cross-sectional survey using a self-report questionnaire was administered to a purposive sample of RNs. The data were analyzed with ...

Babies, like everyone else in this world, need to learn how to coordinate their actions with events that are not under their direct control. Response latency is an obstacle in this process, and the primary goal of sensorimotor development is to overcome it through the application of foresight (Piaget, 1937/1954). Visual exploration is where the infant first seriously confronts the problem of re...

UNLABELLED This article looks back over the years and identifies some of the most influential thinkers, writers, and researchers who have had a profound effect on the way the therapy at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in London has evolved. It tracks the changes that have occurred in theoretical perspective, treatments offered, and the delivery of therapy. In particular this au...