Bryan Jennett, 1927-2008
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Professor of neurosurgery Bryan Jennett is credited with devising the Glasgow Coma Scale for assessing head injury. Jennett also invented the term "persistent vegetative state" to describe brain-damaged patients who are awake but unaware of their surroundings.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2008
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Ethics chief calls for tighter peer review
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The head of the U.K. Research Integrity Office advises improved education and training of peer reviewers after the biology journal "Proteomics" conceded that an error in the peer review process led to the publication of a controversial article.
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Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2008
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