About this Website

This website is to promote the activities of the APSR, introduce the benefits of membership and its various publications. In addition, this website explains the purpose of the APSR, introduces its leadership and the Society's rules.

This website went live on 1 November 2006 with just 37 webpages, which has grown to over 2,100 pages (as of January 2023). The website is maintained by the APSR Secretariat office under the authority and direction of the Officers of the APSR.

Content

All members are encouraged to submit or suggest material for publication on this website through the APSR Secretariat office, who will forward such material to the Officers of the APSR. Their decision whether or not to publish such material is final.

Contributors must state any potential for conflict of interest with any commercial interest or products that might affect the information being published on this website. In addition, contributors assign copyright to the APSR.

Material will be removed from this site when the APSR considers it is out of date or not appropriate. The APSR reserves the right to remove material at any time, without notifying contributors.

Please see also our copyright notice and Privacy Policy.

Style

Being a multi-national society, the APSR uses English as its official language for the congress, publications and this website. British English spelling and grammar is usually used out of respect for the majority of English users in the Asia-Pacific region (Indian subcontinent, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand). This leads to some apparent inconsistency when reports are published from a country where American English is commonly taught in schools (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam).

Consequently the medical science concerned with children and their diseases is "paediatrics" rather than "pediatrics" and a long list of British/American differences in medical terms can be seen here. More generally, "health care" is the action employed by individuals or groups, and "healthcare" is an industry, system or facility. And a schedule of events at a congress is a "programme", and the digital code for a computer application is a "program".

In both British and American English, there are periods in U.S. but not in USA. In British English a doctor's title (Dr) is a contraction and has no period, unlike that of a professor's (Prof.) which is an abbreviation. While the Asia-Pacific region is hyphenated, the Asian Pacific is not to suggest that the Pacific is Asian. Its use in the name of the APSR was selected to show its interest on east Asian and Oceanic regions of the Pacific.

Language changes over time but we always try to be consistent and clear in meaning.

Comments or questions

The APSR welcomes comment about the content of this website. If you notice any erroneous information, typographical errors, or if you have any technical difficulties seeing this website with any browser or device, please contact the APSR Website Administrator, c/o APSR Secretariat office at APSRinfo@theapsr.org.