Nearly 600 pregnancies despite implant
ALMOST 600 women have become pregnant despite using a popular contraceptive implant, the MHRA has confirmed.
Wrong-site surgery
MDDUS senior medical adviser Mr Riaz Mohammed FRCS looks at routine steps to avoid the risk of wrong-site surgery
Expertise and experience
Exploring the notion of what constitutes ‘expertise’ in ethics.
Giving doctors a voice
Q&A with BMA Council Chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum
Harassment by patients
THE idea that practices can be legally liable for the delinquent discriminatory acts of their staff is a difficult one to grasp.
Broadening horizons - the BMDST at 50
Adam Campbell celebrates an organisation supporting student electives abroad for over half a century
Taking special care
Dr Carole Boyle offers some advice on sedation techniques and the issue of consent when treating dental patients with special needs
The Victorian Shipman
A chance purchase gives Dr James Finlayson an intimate perspective on a notorious murder case
Vignette - Sir Herbert Seddon
Groundbreaking professor of orthodpaedics Sir Herbert Seddon (1903-1977)
Vignette - John James Rickard Macleod
Diabetes researcher, John James Rickard Macleod (1876-1935)