Cosmetic patients urged to question doctors
PATIENTS thinking of having cosmetic treatment are being urged to question their doctors in new guidance from the General Medical Council.
Summons Summer 2016 puzzle solution
Solution to Summons Summer 2016 crossword puzzle
GMC reinforces standards for medical students
MEDICAL students must understand the importance of patient confidentiality and behaving appropriately on social media among other professional values set out in new guidance from the GMC.
Age of consent
Gail Gilmartin offers a primer on UK law regarding consent in children and young adults.
Sea change in consent
Dental adviser Doug Hamilton tests the waters after a landmark legal ruling on shared decision making in consent
Vignette: Neurosurgeon and polymath Sir Victor A H Horsley (1857-1916)
Julia Merrick recounts the life and career of this brilliant medical innovator
Being realistic for patients
Dr Catherine Calderwood talks to Summons about her ambitious plans for a common sense, patient-focused approach to healthcare
For want of an apology
Risk adviser Alan Frame looks at how a considered apology to a patient when things go wrong can often defuse a fraught face-to-face encounter
Never again
Allan Gaw recounts the origin of The Nuremberg Code on human research and considers its modern-day relevance