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Health literacy on the information superhighway

One of the most notable ways the internet has changed medicine is by encouraging greater health literacy.

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Ethics as interpretation

Deborah Bowman highlights the ethical importance of interpretation by clinicians when applying new discoveries to patient care.

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An integrated approach

New MDDUS Board member Professor Jason Leitch talks to Summons about ongoing reform in Scottish public health and his role in promoting innovation

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Unfit to drive

Barry Parker looks at the factors to consider when a medical condition may compromise a patient’s fitness to drive

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Medicine on the edge

Jim Killgore speaks with Dr Stephen Hearns of the Scottish Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS)

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Sepsis alert

Dr Ron Daniels of the UK Sepsis Trust highlights the importance of improved diagnosis and management in this oft-missed condition.

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Resistance is futile

Doug Hamilton considers the dilemma faced by dentists in deciding when antibiotic treatment is a necessity

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Vignette: cardiologist and inventor of the portable defibrillator, Frank Pantridge

Allan Gaw recounts the life and career of this innovative physician

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