A regulative regime for the safety of chemicals in zone of life has been rapidly established on the basis of the advance of toxicology and related science. Especially, the application of risk analysis based on the toxicology has facilitated scientific decisions and administrative actions for the security of chemical safety. However, their decisions and actions on safety issues have not always g...

There are three paths to quality health care standards: the regulatory route, the "learning science" route, and the futuristic "management science" route. The regulatory path leads to punishment and blame. The learning science path splits, with one road leading back to harsh regulations and the other to the halls of academic medicine. And the management science path, while short, will be the ro...