Why should medical students study Social Gerontology?

Why Should Medical Students Care about Health Policy?

October 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 10 | e199 As the practice of medicine becomes increasingly infl uenced by political, economic, and social policies, it is crucial that medical students become well versed in this expanded vision of “health policy.” However, the current medical curriculum at nearly all medical schools contains very little formal education and training in this area. In this Student...

Why Should Theorists Care about Social Capital?

Social capital is embedded in social networks. For the purpose of these notes, I use the terms social capital and social networks interchangeably. At the most basic level it is useful to think of social capital in a supply-demand framework. Individual agents have some demand for social capital. More precisely, agents have demand for the services provided by social capital such as having access ...

Why Should We Have a Periodic Safety and Performance Program for Medical Devices

Nowadays, more than 10,000 different types of medical devices can be found in hospitals.These devices used in medical centers and hospitals for monitoring and treatment of patients require periodic safety and performance checking in order to have confidence in their functioning and operation. Physicians need better accurate medical measurements in order to better diagnose diseases, monitor pati...

Why Medical Students Should Be Trained in Disaster Management: Our Experience of the Kashmir Earthquake

September 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 9 | e382 During the past 20 years, natural disasters have claimed more than 3 million lives worldwide, affected at least 800 million people, and resulted in property damage exceeding $US50 billion [1]. On 8 October 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale (categorized as a major quake) struck Pakistan, along with parts of India and Afghanistan. [2...

Why Military Officers Should Study