Research and Imagine the American Black Art Since 2005

Visibility of Latin American nursing research (1959-2005).

OBJECTIVES To analyze scientific activity in Latin American nursing using bibliometric indicators. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a quantitative, descriptive study of the universe of Latin American nursing journals (119) and scientific documents (13,208) published according to current library databases including: the Web of Science (WOS), Medline, LILACS, Periodica, Cuiden, and SciELO. A datab...

Critique of Research Books (Art)/ The Art Economics of Art: A Look at Contemporary Art Economics; Markets, Strategies, and the Star-making Systems, Marzieh Eftekhari

Membrane Science and Research in Asia and the Middle East: State of the Art and Perspectives

Asia and Middle East represent one of the most dynamic regions in the world which has experienced fast economic and technological growth. Access to clean and affordable water is essential for building resilience and maintaining human’s well-being and livelihood development in this region. Likewise, various energy resources are fundamental to support stable economic and social progress for bette...

The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of “Defective” Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures since 1915

Contrary to common current assumption, modern right-to-die and "Baby Doe" debates are not unprecedented products of new life-saving technology. In 1915, Dr. Harry Haiselden, chief surgeon and president of German-American Hospital in Chicago, was the first Western physician to publicly permit the death of a potentially savable newborn. Dr. Haiselden's decision to take his case to the mass media ...

The black stork: eugenics and the death of “defective” babies in American medicine and motion pictures since 1915

Martin Pernick, well known in medical historical circles for A calculus of suffering-his book on the history of anaesthetics, has produced with The black stork an appetite-whetting prelude to his intended larger study of American health films. The book takes its title from a 1916 film, The black stork, which told the story of the refusal of a Chicago surgeon Harry Haiselden to operate to save t...