World view: ERA of austerity

Is doctoral health research entering an era of austerity?

Maternal Choice in the UK Should Be Promoted Despite the Current Era of Financial Austerity

The case for promoting maternal choice with regards to location of delivery is clear. The current default position is to give birth in hospital in a consultant-led unit. Yet, despite the ability to choose location, only 5% of women give birth in a midwife-led unit, and 3% at home. For most low risk mothers, perinatal outcomes are generally the same regardless of location, with the exception of ...

Implications of miscoding urological procedures in an era of financial austerity – ‘Every Penny Counts’

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to find out any inaccuracy in coding of elective urology procedures and associated financial implications. DESIGN Retrospective audit and re-audit. SETTINGS Introduction of payment by results was introduced in the NHS in England in 2002. This meant that hospitals are paid on individual patient basis according to their human resource group (HRG) rather than a block...

Greek Physicians' Perceptions on Generic Drugs in the Era of Austerity

Purpose. To assess the beliefs and preferences of Greek physicians, regarding generic drugs, in the years of financial crisis. Setting. Multicentered, nationwide survey. Material and Methods. A custom questionnaire based on former similar studies was developed and administered to Greek physicians. The variable "perception on generics" was constructed after an exploratory study and the instrumen...

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...