are ours), which is scientifically more important, and which should be the splendid function of the family physician, is ignored. Dr. Gould contributes but little towards the attainment of this lofty aim. He plunges at once into a " medical description of past lives," choosing for his examples De Quincey, Carlyle, Darwin, Huxley and Browning. At first sight the choice seems to be an unfortunate...

BACKGROUND In Isfahan, the second metropolitan in Iran, there are 1448 dentistry treatment centers that most of them are inefficient. Today, efficiency is the most important issue in health care centers as well as dentistry clinics. The goal of this research is to investigate the affordability and efficiency of dentistry clinics in Isfahan province, Iran. METHODS The current work is a quantit...

The goal of this work is to contribute to ethical reflection in the dental profession through the example of a survey of ethical reflection and ethical issues in dentistry conducted at the dental school of Toulouse. A written survey was given to the heads of departments and to the sixth-year students and also to the dental faculty at the hospital dental clinic in order to estimate their level o...