Posthumous gamete (sperm or oocyte) procurement and reproduction are ethically justifiable if written documentation from the deceased authorizing the procedure is available. In the absence of written documentation from the decedent, programs open to considering requests for posthumous gamete procurement or reproduction should only do so when such requests are initiated by the surviving spouse o...

The history of writing is interesting not just because it marks the evolution of means for preserving or communicating information but also because writing can be taken as representing aspects of language including such structural features as sentences, words, syllables and phonemes. Just how graphic symbols came to represent underlying linguistic constituents is the concern of this paper.] As ...

Correspondence to: P Hormbrey, Senior Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Accident and Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. Abstract Objective-To investigate organised teaching in accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England and Wales. Methods-A survey was carried out by postal questionnaire. Directed to senior ...