Nursing magazine inaccuracy

[Louise Pembroke]

I was shocked to read in this weeks Nursing Time's [17 July] a glaring inaccuracy in an article on 'The sense of sight' by a principal nurse lecturer. This is a clinical paper.

In describing the structure of the eye it says;

"As the cornea has no blood supply it is the most readily transplanted tissue in the human body as there is no immune reaction and no fear of rejection [Marieb, 2006]".

The reference is;

Marieb, E. [2006] Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology [8th ed]. San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.

I can't believe that Nursing Time's would print such inaccurate information and how a lecturer would write it.

If you feel inclined to point this out you can email the Editor on;
nt@emap.com

Or write to;

Nursing Times
Greater London House
Hampstead Road
London NW1 7EJ

[GarethB]

It is inaccurate regarding rejection. Of any transplanted organ I think it is the least likely to suffer rejection due to the lack of a blood supply.

Me thinks the peer review was lacking there too to allow such an error through.

[Louise Pembroke]

I realise it is less likely to suffer rejection than other organs as it has no direct blood supply, but I think of all the people here who have suffered multiple episodes of rejection. It remains a very real risk for us especially in the first 5 years and for a lecturer to not know that and peer review to not pick that up, it's pretty bad

[Louise Pembroke]

Just to let you know that a few people including myself have now written to the editor to point out the inaccuracy

[Sajeev]

That is very thoughtful of you Lou, ...Nursing Times...huh!