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Expand and Regularize Federal Funding for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research
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Owen-Smith, Jason; Scott, Christopher Thomas; McCormick, Jennifer B. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has sparked incredible scientific and public excitement, as well as significant controversy. hESCs are pluripotent, which means, in theory, that they can be differentiated into any type of cell found in the human body. Thus, they evoke great enthusiasm about potential clinical applications. They are…
Descriptors: Current Events, World Affairs, Human Body, Ethics
Cultural Influences on Perceptions of Health, Illness, and Disability: A Review and Focus on Autism
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Ravindran, Neeraja; Myers, Barbara J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
This conceptual paper considers the role of culture in shaping family, professional, and community understanding of developmental disabilities and their treatments. The meanings of health, illness, and disability vary greatly across cultures and across time. We use Bronfenbrenner's ecological model to provide a theoretical framework for examining…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Health
ADHD: A Scientific Fact or a Factual Opinion? A Critique of the Veracity of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Visser, John; Jehan, Zenib – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
This paper is a contribution to the debate on the phenomenon of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It explores how and why the discourses surrounding the aetiology and interventions are dominated by a bio-medical understanding of ADHD. Competing discourses are examined, particularly those marginalised because they do not support the…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Criticism, Intervention
The Development of Clinical Reasoning Skills: A Major Objective of the Anatomy Course
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Elizondo-Omana, Rodrigo E.; Lopez, Santos Guzman – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Traditional medical school curricula have made a clear demarcation between the basic biomedical sciences and the clinical years. It is our view that a comprehensive medical education necessarily involves an increased correlation between basic science knowledge and its clinical applications. A basic anatomy course should have two main objectives:…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Biomedicine, Anatomy
"What Advice Would You Give to Students Starting Your Course?"
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Meedin, Aneeqa – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
In this essay, the author, a Biomedical Sciences student at the University of Sheffield, presents an atypical way of addressing the question "What advice would you give to students starting your course?" by transcribing the much-evoked and revered Ten Commandments, the original guide to life, into advice for new and bewildered Biomedical…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Higher Education, Scientists, Graduate Students
Demand for Interdisciplinary Laboratories for Physiology Research by Undergraduate Students in Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
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Clase, Kari L.; Hein, Patrick W.; Pelaez, Nancy J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2008
Physiology as a discipline is uniquely positioned to engage undergraduate students in interdisciplinary research in response to the 2006-2011 National Science Foundation Strategic Plan call for innovative transformational research, which emphasizes multidisciplinary projects. To prepare undergraduates for careers that cross disciplinary…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Development, Physiology, Interdisciplinary Approach