Modern ethical studies, when they are not theologically motivated, tend to neglect the elements
in the western moral outlook which are characteristic of the Judaeo-Christian tradition. …

… This Fiona Randall and Robin Downie critique of the philosophy of palliative care may, I …
world of palliative care, Fiona Randall and Robin Downie, it would seem to me, are illustrating …

Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells in shale gas reservoirs is now an established,
commercially successful technique. The evolution of the completion technique has reached the …

Temperatures of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nests
on the beaches of northern Cyprus and Turkey were examined. Electronic continuous-…

Thousands of hydraulic fracture treatments have been monitored in the past ten years using
microseismic mapping, providing a wealth of measurements that show a surprising degree …

In recent years doctors, nurses, and all health care professionals have become increasingly
aware of the complexity of the moral dilemmas that can be created by caring. The central …

Originally published in 1971, this book provides a lucid philosophical investigation of the area
in which the demands of social and political institutions impinge on individual values and …

A chemically induced rat glioma, carried in cell culture, was transplanted to the brain of CDF
rats. The tumor thrived in cell culture, producing a typical malignant astrocytoma when …

There is a widespread view that modern medicine is primarily a scientific enterprise and that
the decisions of clinicians follow from evidence-based science. In terms of this view the …

There are various ways in which medicine and literature interact, but this paper concentrates
on the contribution which literature can make to 'whole person understanding'. Scientific …