When is medical industry backing lacking?

When Love Is Lacking

A family can face a crisis as soon as the first child is born. Some mothers are unable to accept their babies and suffer a severe post-birth depression. Betty Moggs remembers the feelings of guilt and hopelessness that she experienced after the birth of her son. Belinda walked through the door of the ward to be met by a sea of eyes, some disinterested, some with a glimmer of hope and some lifel...

When every $P$-flat ideal is flat

In this paper‎, ‎we study the class of rings in which every $P$-flat‎ ‎ideal is flat and which will be called $PFF$-rings‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎Von Neumann regular rings‎, ‎hereditary rings‎, ‎semi-hereditary ring‎, ‎PID and arithmetical rings are examples of $PFF$-rings‎. ‎In the context domain‎, ‎this notion coincide with‎ ‎Pr"{u}fer domain‎. ‎We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for‎...

Medical futility. When is enough, enough?

Hybrid backing

Sometimes, a scientific development that might be expected to trigger media frenzy and noisy protest fails to do so. One example was the cloning of Dolly the sheep at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1996. Given the science fiction background, this event could easily have provoked widespread public alarm and hostility. Dolly's predominantly reasonable reception owed a good deal...

Medical imaging and consent: when is an X‐ray assault?

New Zealand patients have rights in relation to their healthcare including the right to consent to medical treatment. Medical imaging is the third largest category of hospital procedure in New Zealand and it constitutes a circumstance where examination without consent could be assault. New Zealand assault law is unique, and medical radiation technologists (MRTs) must be educated about their res...