Being embedded: A way forward for ethnographic research

A way forward for research on biomarkers for psychiatric disorders.

Webster’s New World Medical Dictionary provides a simple def inition of a biomarker as “a biologic feature that can be used to measure the presence or progress of disease or the effects of treatment.” In the research literature, the term “candidate biomarker” is often loosely applied to any biological feature associated with a disorder. The search for biomarkers for psychiatric disorders has a ...

A way forward for video game violence research.

dissemination of research in medical toxicology; the way forward

the asia pacific journal of medical toxicology (apjmt) was born in december 2012 to open up new perspectives for dissemination of research in medical toxicology. it was also created to expand the science of medical toxicology, addiction morbidities, drug interactions and adverse effects in the asia pacific region (1,2). the journal has attracted the support of medical toxicologists from differe...

HIV vaccine research: the way forward.

The need to broaden research directed at answering fundamental questions in HIV vaccine discovery through laboratory, nonhuman primate (NHP), and clinical research has recently been emphasized. In addition, the importance of attracting and retaining young researchers, developing better NHP models, and more closely linking NHP and clinical research is being stressed. In an era of a level budget ...

A way forward for whistleblowing.

Medicine has shed many of its privileges. Some remain and are unlikely to disappear. Knowing which of our colleagues to consult when illness strikes is priceless, if only because we can avoid a colleague who we know poses a risk to patients. This sacred knowledge is guarded by hushed whispers and nods and winks. Medical students know the repute of their teachers; junior doctors share horror sto...