Pulmonary thromboembolism
Thomas Martin and Adrian Brady highlight an often missed but potentially catastrophic condition for both patient and clinician
Law At Work: It’s who you know
'The law protects us from discriminatory comments and actions from colleagues and even (if they relate to sex) from customers and other third parties.'
A Pyrrhic victory
A dentist offers his account of defending unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination claims laid by an associate before an Employment Tribunal *
Ethics: Real life, real questions
Ethics and morals are about individuals living and working in community
Exceptional surgeon and leader - Sir James Leamonth: vignette
Giant of Scottish medical history
You've been warned
AS PART of the major overhaul of its fitness to practise procedures in 2004 the General Medical Council introduced a new weapon to its armoury in the form of a warning to be placed on a doctor’s registration record for a period of five years. Whatever the justifications for the introduction of this new power, and doubtless they were many and varied, surely one was pragmatism, given that the GMC is now able to impose a sanction upon a doctor’s registration, in effect a disciplinary finding, without the necessity of going through a lengthy and costly adjudication process. All well and good for the regulatory body but what are the consequences and potential pitfalls for the practitioner being faced with a decision of this sort, and what have been the lessons learned so far from seeing how these new powers have been utilised?
Ingested instrument fragment- dental case study
...Despite the lack of physical injury to Mr K and a generally friendly and apparently unconcerned attitude on his part, a claim for compensation was intimated...
Good night and good luck
Tom Berry, FY2, offers some tips for surviving the nightshift
The spin doctors
Bringing critical care to Scotland’s most remote regions – Dr Andrew Inglis of the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service talks to Adam Campbell
Book Review: Trust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor
Trust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor