“General Rules for Gastric Cancer Study,” published by the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA), has contributed greatly to advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer in Japan. In March 2001, the Association published a new book, “Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines,” a set of guidelines prepared by a committee of the Association. This is the first time in Japan that g...

BACKGROUND Communication with patients on end-of-life decisions is a delicate topic for which there is little guidance. AIM To describe the development of a guideline for GPs on end-of-life communication with patients who wish to die at home, in a context where patient autonomy and euthanasia are legally regulated. DESIGN OF STUDY A three-phase process (generation, elaboration and validatio...

Ziegenfuss and Sassani claimed that health administration education “would be helpful to clinicians.” Sadly, this claim can be added to the long list of redisorganization examples. In contrast, education in etymology and logic may be helpful to professors of management. Clinician means at bedside; the patient needs clinicians who possess sufficient knowledge and clinical skills to make and exec...

permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A Decision Making and better Patient Care. Human deliberations and Single observations have been highlighted as important concepts in building a comprehensive paradigm for individual patient management [2,3]. A review of the quality and direction of current body o...