objectives: liver cirrhosis can change many aspects of life of the patients and their family and effects society. we aimed to study the utility of cirrhosis from the point of view of the patients, their family, and their care takers to find appropriate interventions, and training and counselling programmes to support patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study with a goal-based sampling me...

premature chromosome condensation (pcc) appears to have a possible utility for biological dosimetry purposes. the pcc technique may be adapted for cases of suspicion of overexposure where sampling is performed at least one day after an accident. for this purpose, human blood samples were exposed in vitro to 60co up to 10 gy and the pcc technique was performed immediately after irradiation. anal...

T he article by Hopley and associates in this issue of the BJO (p 982) is a well performed study that utilises a form of healthcare economic analysis that is increasing in popularity throughout the healthcare literature. This instrument, cost utility analysis, has also been referred to by some as cost effectiveness analysis. A review of the healthcare literature using the key words ‘‘cost utili...