Axing the totem pole
Are you afraid to challenge decisions by senior colleagues – or to acknowledge challenges from juniors? Here Dr Michael Moneypenny asks doctors to consider the consequences of authority gradients
Best practice: A good death Part 2
In the second of a two-part series Euan Paterson, a Macmillan GP facilitator, discusses the challenges of providing high-quality palliative care in the community
Is sharing caring?
In April of this year the Caldicott2 review was published urging a new approach to sharing patient information. Here MDDUS medical adviser Richard Brittain highlights some of the key recommendations
Presume nothing?
Obtaining informed consent may seem painfully routine but dentists can still be caught out, says MDDUS dental adviser Doug Hamilton
Writing a complaint response
Some general tips on writing an effective response to a patient complaint
Addressing Francis
President of the Royal College of Physicians of London Sir Richard Thompson offers his view of the future of hospital care in England in the wake of the Francis inquiry
Vignette: physician and epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll (1912 - 2005)
Physician and epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll (1912 - 2005)
Too good to be true
The notion of the unquestionable virtue is contestable: almost all virtuous traits have the potential to become damaging if they are excessively developed or inappropriately applied to a situation
Reporting asbestos-related disease
CERTAIN specific categories of death must be reported to the procurator fiscal in Scotland including those related to asbestos exposure.
New trainee jobs for troubled A&E
NEW junior doctor jobs will play a key role in efforts to tackle delays at a troubled A&E.