How do western states respond to real or perceived security threats? Do they tend the same threat in haphazard ways, does their response follow similar patterns? By analysing r...

Soon after publishing his magnus opum, Transforming Mission, Davis Bosch wrote, what later became known as, Believing in the Future. Bosch’s critique of the Enlightenment was already apparent in Transforming Mission (1991:262-274), but soon after, at the end of 1991, he turned his thoughts to Western society specifically, furthermore addressing the problems of modernity, the questions of postmo...

abstract: the physician-patient relationship has been undergoing significant changes in recent decades in western countries. taking a client-centered approach, society has given more autonomy and freedom to patients. the patient is regarded as a consumer who is looking for the best and most scientific approach and is free to choose among different methods of treatment. the role of the physician...

 John Chambers (British Society of Echocardiography)  Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals, London  Ahmet Fuat (Primary Care Cardiovascular Society)  Strat Liddiard (CHD collaborative) Poole PCT  Theresa McDonagh (British Heart Failure Society) Cardiology Department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow  Mark Monaghan (BSE) Cardiac Department, King's College Hospital, London  Petro...

[Purpose] The objective of this study is to provide a direction for efficient management of arthritis through the analysis of multiple factors related to the functional state of patients. [Subjects and Methods] The Visual Analog Scale, Knee Society Knee Score & Function Score, Hospital for Special Surgery, Short Form-36 Health Survey and Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Inde...