Malaise of British science

Save British Science

What is it famous for? It's not really, but whenever science policy is discussed in the UK media, government, or in industry, it's a fair bet that Save British Science (SBS) will be in the fray. SBS is the leading lobby group for science in the UK. The 'science' it aims to save includes any activity that develops and applies scientific understanding, including medicine, mathematics, engineering...

Good science, bad science: Preventing paradigm paralysis and method-bias malaise

Article history: Received 29 July 2010 Received in revised form 18 February 2011 Accepted 22 February 2011 This essay attempts to describe the potentially positive or negative outcomes of a research methods issue. I draw upon three lessons for scientists found in the field of medical science. These three lessons are applied to the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) field. Finally, I suggest a...

"Generational" malaise.

The Malaise of Myelodysplasia

for years. The mainstay approach was only supportive care. A malaise settled all around. This issue presents a transcript of a symposium that addresses the topic of new therapies for myelodysplastic syndrome. This symposium was presented at the 2006 BMT Tandem Meetings in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the first presentation, Dr. Lewis R. Silverman describes the various types of myelodysplastic syndrome ...

British Contributions to Medical Science

British Contributions to Medical Science, edited by WILLAM C. GiBSON, London, Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, 1971, pp. xi, 302, £3.50. Every foreigner has to admit that among the medical men whom England has produced there are many who belong to the class of genius: Harvey, Sydenham, Willis, Heberden, Jenner, Bright, Addison, Lister, Osler, Fleming and many more occupy a suffici...