21st century glaucoma care

21st century well-child care.

Medical Education in 21st-century

Medical education play an important role in health of people in 20st-century, but this system has to change overtime. Medical education must respond to not only the demand of community at larg but also to changing in new technologies. Medical education have been criticized in last two decades of 20st-century, because of producing too many specialists focus on treatment instead of health, insuf...

Palliative care in the 21st century.

Karen spoke about the work she is involved in at St Columba Hospice in Colchester. She highlighted the known inequalities that the hospice are seeking to address: postcode inequalities, inequalities of choice, inequalities due to diagnosis, and inequalities in marginalised groups. In her presentation she discussed how the hospice use their data to examine their own practices. As a result, for e...

Electronic support for 21st century care.

The thrust of government policy since the launch of the National Service Framework for Older People 2001 has been focused around the promotion of independence and a shift in health provision from secondary to primary care. This supports the expectation that mental health for older people should be community based [1]. Choice about where care is received and care closer to home are the mantra of...

Surgical care in the 21st century.

Bartkowski and Bonter • Special Communication T is a revolution taking place in the modern practice of medicine—particularly in the field of surgery. This surgical revolution has evolved out of the so-called “information age” of the late 20th century and early 21st century. We are witnessing an explosion in newer technologies that combine the biological, physical, and information sciences into ...