Tub late Governor of Madras is reported to have spoken as follows in tlie public health section of the Social Science Association :?" While 1 was in India there were about eight thousand prisoners in the Presidency of Madras, and a plan being laid down for tlie improvement of the jail accommodation, it became my duty to prosecute that plan with all the energy and vigour I could. We commenced by...

This study is an attempt at a colonial and postcolonial reading of Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim. It is specifically focused on the narrative strategies used in the novel. In other words, it investigates the connection between the narrative strategy and a possible tone of imperialism in Conrad’s novel. For the introduction, a brief review of Conrad’s manner of writing and his peculiar ambiguity is p...

Question 101: ‘Lord Melchett, in relation to genetic modification, what do you object to and why?’ Lord Melchett, Head of Greenpeace, UK: ‘My Lord Chairman, the fundamental objection is that there are unreliable and unpredictable risks.’ Question 105: ‘How far are you prepared to carry your objections to these developments?’ Lord Melchett: ‘I am happy to answer for Greenpeace [...] Greenpeace o...

This commentary on the article by Shulman et al. examines what we understand by 'medication errors', what we mean by 'computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems', how we measure errors, and what types of errors we are 'reducing' with CPOE systems. As the research of Shulman and colleagues highlights, much of the existing research on CPOE systems does not differentiate among: types of med...