Serendipity: Translational research, high quality care, and the children’s hospital. Kandel, J. J. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 49(1):19--24, January, 2014.
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Abstract The word “serendipity” was coined by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in a letter he wrote in January 1754. He defined serendipity as the making of “….discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which [you] were not in quest of….you must observe that no discovery of a thing you are looking for comes under this description.” I would like to make the case that a children’s hospital can be a superb setting in which to attempt this feat—to generate Serendipity. I would also like to convince you that this attribute is absolutely essential to providing the very best care for children.
@article{ kandel_serendipity:_2014-1,
  title = {Serendipity: Translational research, high quality care, and the children’s hospital},
  volume = {49},
  issn = {0022-3468},
  url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346813007422},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.09.023},
  abstract = {Abstract
The word “serendipity” was coined by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in a letter he wrote in January 1754. He defined serendipity as the making of “….discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which [you] were not in quest of….you must observe that no discovery of a thing you are looking for comes under this description.”

I would like to make the case that a children’s hospital can be a superb setting in which to attempt this feat—to generate Serendipity. I would also like to convince you that this attribute is absolutely essential to providing the very best care for children.},
  number = {1},
  journal = {Journal of Pediatric Surgery},
  author = {Kandel, Jessica J.},
  month = {January},
  year = {2014},
  keywords = {{AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA}, Discovery, Planned serendipity, Sagacity, Serendipity},
  pages = {19--24}
}

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