54 research outputs found
The patentability of human beings : the effects of a proposed exclusion in the Patents Act 1953
No full textThe author critically examines the debate over whether “human beings” ought to be patentable. The article outlines the choices between excluding just the patenting of whole organisms or parts of organisms. After considering New Zealand, Canadian, and European Union Patent law, the author concludes that at very least New Zealand must statutorily prevent the patenting of whole organisms
The patentability of human beings : the effects of a proposed exclusion in the Patents Act 1953
No full textThe utility of surface parasternal intercostal electromyography in the assessment of paediatric respiratory disease
No full textThe Patentability of Human Beings: The Effect of a Proposed Exclusion in the Patents Act 1953
No full textBook Reviews
No full text'Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India'; Author: Robert Jenkins; Reviewer: Gurharpal Singh.; 'Hydropolitics in the Third World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins'; Author: Arun P. Elhance; Reviewer: Madhusudan Bhattarai.; 'The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction'; Editors: Richard Black and Khalid Koser; Reviewer: Zoe Marriage.; 'Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa'; Author: Johnathan Bascom; Reviewer: Zoe Marriage.; 'Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries: Principles, Methods and Practice'; Editors: Norman Lee and Clive George; Reviewer: Fiona Nunan.; 'Smallholder Cash Crop Production under Market Liberalisation: A New Institutional Economic Perspective'; Editors: Andrew Dorward, Jonathan Kydd and Colin Poulton; Reviewer: Steve Wiggins.; 'Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume l: Africa'; Authors: Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning and Associates; Reviewer: Alasdair I. MacBean.; 'Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume 2: Asia and Latin America'; Authors: Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning and Associates; Reviewer: Alasdair I. MacBean.; 'The Third World beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change'; Editors: Louise Fawcett and Yezid Sayigh; Reviewer: Nigel Harris.; 'East Asia: Recovery and Beyond'; Authors: The World Bank; Reviewer: Christopher M. Dent.;Review Books,
Book Reviews
No full text'Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950'; Author: by John Sheahan; Reviewer:Raul Hopkins; 'Democratisation in Africa'; Editors: Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner; Reviewer: Jan Kees van Donge; 'Exchange Rate Misalignment: Concepts and Measurement for Developing Countries'; Editors: Lawrence E. Hinkle and Peter J. Montiel; Reviewer: Christopher Tsoukis; 'Orangi Pilot Project, Reminiscences and Reflections'; Author: Akhtar Hameed Khan; Reviewer: Jo Beall; 'Whey Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries'; Author: William Ascher; Reviewer: Julio Pena-Torres; 'Evaluating Development Aid - Issues, Problems and Solutions'; Author: Basil Cracknell; Reviewer: Mike Faber; 'Development Microeconomics'; Authors: Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry; Reviewer: Scott McDonald; 'Economic and Social Changes in Czech Society After 1989: An Alternative View'; Authors: Lubomir Mlcoch, Pavel Machonin and Milan Sojka; Reviewer: Alasdair MacBean; 'Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran'; Author: Mohammad Gholi Majd; Reviewer: Rodney Wilson; 'Corruption and Democratisation'; Editors: Alan Doig and Robin Theobald; Reviewer: Heather A. Marquette;Review Books,
Parental views on attending neonatal intensive care ward rounds
No full textObjectives: To ascertain parental views regarding taking part in neonatal unit ward rounds.
Design: A service evaluation project.
Setting: Tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.
Patients: Parent(s) of infants receiving care on the neonatal unit.
Interventions: Structured interviews conducted at the cot side.
Main outcome measures: Parents were asked if they knew when ward rounds occurred, whether they had attended ward rounds and if they hadn’t what were the factors inhibiting them from doing so, their experience of attending ward rounds and whether they were concerned about issues of confidentiality.
Results: Twenty-three of 24 consecutive parents agreed to be interviewed. The median age of their infants was 14 (range 3-123) days when they were interviewed. Eighty-five percent were able to identify when a nursing handover or doctor’s ward round occurred. Seventy-five percent of parents had attended at least one ward round and the median score in terms of usefulness was five out of five. Reasons for not attending included time and cost to travel to the unit, their partners were working and having other children. Parents volunteered that the nurses proactively updated them as soon as they arrived, hence making regular attendance less important. Regarding confidentiality, 85% were not concerned if other people overheard information about their baby, unless the news was bad.
Conclusions: Parents recognized the value of attending ward rounds and generally found it a positive experience, but emphasized limitations on their ability to attend.National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre and King's College Londo
Satisfying Competing Stakeholder Needs in a Depression Awareness Project
No full text The Depression Awareness Research Project was funded to develop, implement and evaluate a community-focused model designed to raise awareness of major depression1. It was piloted in five locations in Victoria from 2001-2004. This paper presents the findings of an analysis of qualitative data collected from a variety of stakeholders during and after the project. </jats:p
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