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Over the last few decades, philosophy has gained an increasingly bad reputation among working scientists. Prominent researchers have suggested, in various forms and degrees of mockery, that
passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with
programmes are cost-saving in all settings (high-, middle- and low-income countries) (economic imperative). Public health policies are powerful, rapid, equitable and cost-saving (political imperative). The ... countries) (economic imperative). Public health policies are powerful, rapid, equitable and cost-saving ( political imperative). S U P P L E M E N TA R Y D ATA Supplementary data are available online at http
to date. Many countries are still uncertain about whether to grow and how to regulate genome-edited crop varieties12. Scientific, political and social considerations impact these decisions, which are
political environment, with the government proposing reforms to evaluation systems, public trusts and funding policies, without clarity or inviting input from working scientists. Fortunately, we in developing
, surgical and nursing workforces with the required expertise. These problems have solutions which involve the full range of societal, professional, governmental and political environments. World Kidney Day is
, surgical and nursing workforces with the required expertise. These problems have solutions which involve the full range of societal, professional, governmental and political environments. World Kidney Day is ... achieve national self-sufficiency in organ donation and transplantation . Lancet 2011 Oct 15 32. United Nations General Assembly. Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on
renal bone disease, problems serious political problems which emerged in the Balkan related to paediatric dialysis, biocompatibility of countries after the disappearance of the former haemodialysis, the
gene–environment correlations, and these are not entirely attributable to processes that take place within a family but are also attributable more broadly to regional social, economic and political
the extent of available metadata from surveillance networks. Different technical, economic, legal, and political barriers may impede the sharing of complete patient-level metadata31, with impact across
utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill, who believed we should seek to achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people [ 23 ], the happiness of the many (in this example, the non-smokers ... policies are likely to be unpopular within certain sectors of the community, however, and may be strongly opposed by powerful industry lobby groups [ 24 ]. Politicians who pursue a libertarian philosophy
and well-being] and the latest iteration of the United Nation Political Declaration on NCDs, kidney diseases urgently need to be given political attention, priority and consideration [9]. Current global ... political commitments on NCDs focus largely on four main diseases: cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. Yet, it is estimated that 55% of the global NCD burden is
; it was worse in Bulgaria and Poland and worst of all in Albania and the Soviet Union. Political and socioeconomic changes took place at the end of the 1980s and beginning of 1990s and many new ... the availability of RRT in the Central and Eastern European countries, subsequent to the recent political and socioeconomic changes. Such increase was not uniform, however, and the highest number of
situation was best (or rather less catastrophic) in former Czechoslovakia and Hungary; it was worse in Bulgaria and Poland and worst of all in Albania and the Soviet Union. Political and socioeconomic changes ... Eastern European countries, subsequent to the recent political and socioeconomic changes. Such increase was not uniform, however, and the highest number of patients maintained on dialysis is currently found
was suspected in 236/461 (51.2%) cases but was proven histologically in only 13 (2.8%) patients. Conclusions. Socio-political factors impacting on access to healthcare most likely had an influence on ... mining. The only tertiary medical institution serving the public sector in this area is Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State province. During the previous political
is challenging, as health care systems, economic situation and political organization are quite different between countries and even regions. Therefore, guideline developing bodies should enhance ... , evidence on the cost-effectiveness can be provided as a second step, and this in a way that each region can incorporate the data in its own, region-specific financial context and philosophy on health care
societies, countries and individuals. Especially for ERBP, an organization intended to represent whole Europe, this is challenging, as health care systems, economic situation and political organization are ... region can incorporate the data in its own, region-specific financial context and philosophy on health care organization. In this way, everyone involved in health care should be enabled to make decisions
centres, so that also the basic philosophy and the background of a unit seem to play a role [ 36 ]. Structured research could be of help to identify the factors affecting donation per country, in an ... reimbursement is insufficient. A transparent analysis of real costs of all available therapeutic options is necessary. Ethical considerations by political decision makers and medical professionals necessitate a
the basis of the new precision medicine. causality, dispositionalism, empiricism, Hume, manipulability theory, randomized trial INTRODUCTION Causality, a core concept in the philosophy of science ... inferences than ‘brute’ regularities. Unfortunately, philosophy does not offer a ready-made, one-size-fits-all theory of causation that can be straightforwardly imported into medical practice. The debate over
European Americans. Health disparities such as these are one of the greatest social injustices in the developed world and one of the most important scientific and political challenges.
