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The White House today announced details of a $25 million grant program to test alternatives to the tort system for medical liability cases. In his Sept. 9 speech before Congress, the president announced he would direct Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services secretary, to launch pilot programs meant to c More...
A study of screening of dementia in acute medical and geriatric hospital admissions.
A little exaggeration or white lie on a job application form is OK, isn’t it? Absolutely not, says Daniel Sokol, lecturer in medical ethics and law, St George’s, University of London. Applicants should be truthful because it is what a morally decent person would do, doctor or otherwise. It is a matter of More...
According to Médecins Sans Frontières rape is a medical emergency. Victims who do not receive medical attention within 72 hours the result could be devastating, because this is the time in which starting postexposure prophylaxis for HIV is effective.
The General Medical Council has not waited another decade to create a new draft of guidelines for training UK medical students. The 2009 draft states that the component “should contribute to the development of a range of personal and professional skills, including team working, communication, time and resou More...
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Soaring NHS compensation payouts in Scotland following medical blunders have prompted a call for a cap on the payments from Labour politicians.
Medical students need to make their concerns known, but the recent history of interaction between the government and medical students and doctors has shown that this can be difficult. The government has created a National Student Forum, which will allow students to present their ideas and concerns direct to g More...
In the UK, the Medicines Act 1968 limited the legal right to prescribe medicines to doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons.1 Nearly 40 years later, non-medical prescribing, the extension of prescribing responsibilities to nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, is a key development in the N More...
