"A surgically damaged man appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, and the applause is mandatory," writes David French of the National Review.
But like so many children, my daughter's friends were unconcerned and delighted by the elf's antics (the word "antics" is part of the mandatory write-about-the-Elf-on-the-Shelf vocabulary).
Local legislation relating to written informed consent for non-interventional studies was followed in each country; in Germany and Portugal, where this information is mandatory, written informed consent was collected.
For example, in a multisite study involving a review of children's charts who presented to emergency departments with bronchiolitis, 34 research ethics boards arrived at divergent requirements for consent at their institutions, ranging from none to mandatory written consent.
A list of ethics committees is provided in Additional file 2. Local legislation relating to written informed consent for non-interventional studies was followed in each country; in Germany and Portugal, where this information is mandatory, written informed consent was collected.
Which isn't to say that I've ditched drinking as a mandatory activity for writing: I tend to oscillate between teetotalism and dipsomania every few weeks with fairly vigorous dedication to each.
That isn't to say that I've ditched drinking as a mandatory activity for writing: I tend to oscillate between teetotalism and dipsomania every few weeks with fairly vigorous dedication to each.
Reflective writing is a mandatory part of nurse education but how students develop their skills and use reflection as part of their experiential learning remains relatively unknown.
Nevertheless, in spite of the limited scope, our findings might be helpful when considering possible educational and training interventions in medical and dental schools which require the writing of a mandatory thesis, especially in Europe.
"This is a mandatory referral requiring your compliance," Dennison wrote in the July 2012 memo.
