A Patient by Any Other Name
What's in a name? Willie Shakespeare said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Out here where ...
Tag: Perspective
Disability and the Mosquito
Proverb of unknown origin: "If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't been in bed ...
As We Look Back on 2002—and Ahead to 2003
As we look back on 2002, most P&O observers would agree that although there were no tremendous disasters for the ...
Prejudice and the Disabled Person
In our society, many types of prejudice exist. The Larousse Dictionary includes various definitions: "To judge things before knowing them ...
Pedorthics: Both Art and Science
Conversations at cocktail parties usually follow a standard line of questioning. Living in Manhattan affords me the opportunity to participate ...
Cross-Cultural ‘Co-opetition’ Means Better Business
In any number of industries in the United States, there is a growing trend towards "co-opetition"-that rare and stratified arena ...
The Future of Prosthetics & Orthotics as a Profession: The Greatest Threat Is…?
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Vancouver, Canada, has recently concluded a visioning report 3,4 and is in the ...
NegReg: Are Consumers Adequately Represented?
In December 2000 Congress passed the Benefits Improvement Act (BIPA), which, among other provisions, aims to protect patients from receiving ...
“Political Correctness” – Enough, Already!
O.K. I admit it. Sometimes all this political correctness about disability cranks my tractor. I'm a regular guy, and yeah, ...
Accredited Academic Programs in O&P – Key to the Future
Edward S. Neumann, PhD, PE, CP The quality of today's accredited and candidate O&P degree and certificate programs may well ...
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