Direct HIV testing of donated blood is inevitable

Is physician assistant autonomy inevitable?

After a half-century of development, the physician assistant (PA) movement is robust, dynamic, and has moved onto the world stage in ways its creators never imagined.1 One of the recurring topics discussed by PAs, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physicians is the autonomy of PAs and advanced practice registered nurses. A historical connection with organized medicine endeared the PA to physicians...

Homograft valves: is degeneration inevitable?

Since the first successful sub-coronary insertion (Ross 1962), the homograft aortic valve has been the favourite amongst many rypes of mechanicai or biological cardiac vaive repiacements ar the National Heart Hospital. Recent srudies on long rerm patient survivai afrer homograft insertion have reveaied excelient results (Bodnar er ai 1979), surpassed oniy by the autotranspianted puimonary valve...

Change is inevitable--change is constant.

Cultured blood versus donated blood: long-run perspectives of the economy of blood.

Recent advances of fundamental research on the in vitro generation of red blood cells (RBCs) from hematopoietic stem cells in the laboratory open new possibilities of the utilization of cultured RBCs in transfusion medicine. We study the economic challenge of the setup and development of the mass industrial production of RBCs in mature transfusion organizations. We argue that: (i) RBC manufactu...

How Inevitable Is A “Clash of Civilizations”?

The period since September 11 attacks in 2001 has witnessed intense debates over to what extent a ―clash of civilizations‖ is inevitable. This paper argues that the ―clash of civilizations‖ thesis is a mistaken paradigm of understanding the Post-Cold War international order. While cultural and religious identities have increasingly become a source of political mobilization in the Post-Cold War ...