Ensure that interactions with other health professionals are always respectful and considerate and recognize the skill sets of the other health professionals. Communicate truthfully and sensitively with all other health professionals with whom he/she interacts. Not discriminate when interacting with other health professionals on the grounds of age, race, color, ancestry, place of origin, politi...

I n a letter published in Computer's December 2005 issue, Michael Hobbs took me to task for seeming " to prefer structure and organized taxonomies " (Letters, p. 5). He noted that I advocate " that we need more precise, prescriptive definitions for our technical terms. " By contrast, Hobbs described himself as " more of a laissez–faire kind of guy— let a thousand flowers bloom, and so forth. " ...

tician and re-formulating the question so that in the end you answer the question you wanted to be asked. However, we all know that the Q+A session provides you, the presenter, with some important feedback. To begin with, from their questions you realise what the audience has or has not understood. A vibrant Q+A session means contact and interaction , whereas a limp one can cause serious harm t...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a systemic infection, now known to be caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, that was not recognized until early in this century. The description of the disease, etiology, transmission, and treatment were all discovered over a 50-year period. It is probable that earlier sporadic cases were encountered but were not recognized as a distinctive disease. RMSF in con...

iv To my parents and my family v Acknowledgments This work could not come out without help, support and collaborative eeort from many people. Whatever mention I can make of them here can not match their true contributions and my deep appreciation. First of all, I would like to acknowledge my thesis advisor, Prof. S.Y. Lee, for his earnest guidance, inculcation and continued encouragement. As an...

+ T he European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) has a long history of success [1]. This success, which has allowed the Journal to keep its impact factor (IF) above 5 for 5 consecutive years, has been paralleled by the impressive growth of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and its membership [2]. No doubt, a strong society needs a strong journal. In order to be effective, each individual manuscri...

TO THE EDITOR—In their letter [1], Mills and Linkin question the conclusion of our recent study that patient-to-patient transmission of Staphylococcus aureus rarely occurs on an intensive care unit [2]. Over 14 months, we detected only 7 patient-to-patient transmissions using whole-genome sequencing, a finding that strongly supports our conclusions. Furthermore, patient-to-patient transmission ...

BACKGROUND Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a major cause of nosocomial outbreaks. It is particularly associated with nosocomial pneumonia and bloodstream infections in immunocompromised and debilitated patients with serious underlying pathologies. Over the last two decades, a remarkable rise in the rates of multidrug resistance to most antimicrobial agents that are active against A. baum...

and manuals for archival procedures published , and practicing archivists were on the job bringing order out of chaos. While Leland humbly claimed that he was not a professional archivist, Wosh, his champion, clearly demonstrates the impact he had on all these developments. Wosh achieves much in this book, making no claims that he can't substantiate , demonstrating a deft and scrupulous scholar...

BACKGROUND The International Membership Examination (MRCGP[INT]) of the Royal College of General Practitioners UK is a unique collaboration between four South Asian countries with diverse cultures, epidemiology, clinical facilities and resources. In this setting good quality assurance is imperative to achieve acceptable standards of inter rater reliability. This study aims to explore the proces...