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Should you be a medical volunteer?

Article Abstract:

Prospective volunteers for medical research programs need to find out as much as they can about the study before committing themselves. Some basic information they must know include the clinical trial's sponsor, qualifications for eligibility, the financial details, the treatment's dangers and risks and the medical procedures involved.

Analysis, Planning, Medical research, Volunteers

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How to bend a broken friendship: the payoff for you is well worth the effort

Article Abstract:

Most troubled friendships can be mended. Individuals should bring their differences out in the open to correct misunderstandings and negative feelings. Moreover, apologies promote reconciliations and allow individuals to see perspectives other than their own.

Social aspects, Friendship

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"You can do better." (minister and physician Horace E. Smith)

Article Abstract:

Forty-two year old Horace E. Smith is an ordained minister and physician. Smith has proven that his two careers can go hand-in-hand in his efforts at assisting the inner city residents of Chicago, IL.

Behavior, African American clergy, African American physicians, Smith, Horace

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