Stranger on the shore – a personal view

Scrapie--a personal view.

Copulas: A personal view

Copula modeling has taken the world of finance and insurance, and well beyond, by storm. Why is this? In this paper I review the early start of this development, discuss some important current research, mainly from an applications point of view, and comment on potential future developments. An alternative title of the paper would be “Demystifying the copula craze”. The paper also contains what ...

A personal view

In the 20 years from its ®rst issue, BIT has been active in an area of technology with fast and thorough changes. After scanning through 20 volumes, I am surprised to detect that the published scope of BIT has remained almost unchanged, and many statements in the ®rst editorial could be published today without replacing a single word. BIT did not give up its basic principles published in the ®r...

Committees--a personal view.

The case for neutrality on assisted dying - a personal view.

I thought that the article Clare Gerada wrote for the BJGP was beautifully written and perfectly expressed.1 My mother (Ann McPherson) was a GP who felt strongly through her career that she could not do enough for patients who had a terrible time while they were dying. Unfortunately her death from pancreatic cancer, despite optimal palliative care, was prolonged and unpleasant. It is a difficul...