Computing curricula 2001 how will it work for you?

Health care reform: how will it affect you?

It Will Happen to You

Everyone experiences bereavement but few give prior thought to it. Knowing something about the possible reactions and repercussions of bereavement is the best preparation for it.

Providing psychological treatments in general practice: how will it work?

Provision of "Focussed Psychological Strategies" by general practitioners is one component of the recent Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care (BOiMHC) initiative. The BOiMHC initiative requires GPs to undertake minimum training requirements before they may provide services under the new Medicare Benefits Schedule item number. We argue that GPs need further training and ongoing clinical interac...

Comparable worth: how do we know it will work?

The title of this article poses a question to which there is a very short answer. We don't . We are completely unable to predict the outcomes of an effective comparable worth policy, whether mandated by law or adopted by private decisionmakers . Our ignorance stems from the lack of data with which to build a viable economic model . The issue is, of course, too new for historical evidence or eve...

Systems biology: will it work?

Systems biology describes the collection of a set of measurements on a system, integrated with a mathematical model of that system. The model and the measurements must be made together and refined iteratively, requiring close collaboration between biologists and modellers. A complete cell is probably too large and complicated to model yet, but simplified subsystems will probably produce valuabl...