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Nursing by Degree
From Journal of Medical Ethics blog on 21 November 2009
A couple of weeks ago, the government announced that, from 2013, all nursing staff would have to be graduates. ”Degree-level education,” said Health Minister for England Ann Keen, will provide new nurses with the decision-making skills they need to make high-level judgements in the transformed NHS. I’m not so sure of this. There’s a whole raft of considerations that more...
Emily Spry: The devil is in the detail
From BMJ on 20 November 2009
It might seem odd that the most challenging folk to work with here are not the Sierra Leonean ones. Sometimes the toughest part is dealing with the endeavours of my fellow “whiteman”. “Development” can be a painful business. It’s painful because of the contrast between what is promised and what is possible, what is dreamed versus more...
Domhnall Macauley: Of mice and real people
From BMJ on 19 November 2009
Do you dither with your mouse? Who would have thought there could be any new angles on consultation analysis! Simon DeLusignon (St Georges, University of London) had some new insights in his keynote address at NAPCRG (North American Primary Care Research Group). Linking three way video and computer activity he showed that some doctors, at more...
Conference report: Conscientious Objection Workshop
From Journal of Medical Ethics blog on 19 November 2009
On the 23rd of October I attended a workshop at Keele University (where I am based) focused on the topic of Conscientious Objection. This is a topic which I have some interest in (in 2001 I wrote a short dissertation on the topic within the context of euthanasia) however this workshop interestingly picked up on more...
- Behrooz Astaneh: Trial registry - the Iranian experience
- From BMJ on 19 November 2009
- Tony Waterston: Making the connection between education and practice … and a pipe band in Bethlehem
- From BMJ on 19 November 2009
- Does Medicine - and Medical Ethics - have a Pro-Life Bias?
- From Journal of Medical Ethics blog on 18 November 2009
- Parijaat Vaidya reviews When a mother’s love is not enough
- From BMJ on 18 November 2009
- Bev Collin on priorities for tackling malnutrition
- From BMJ on 17 November 2009
- Andrew Rouse and Tom Marshall: Informed consent, the doctor and H1N1 immunisation
- From BMJ on 17 November 2009
- Vidhya Alakeson on Medicaid
- From BMJ on 17 November 2009
- Knowing the Enemy in the “War on Drugs”
- From Journal of Medical Ethics blog on 17 November 2009
- David Payne on hypoxia, Everest-style
- From BMJ on 17 November 2009
- Emergency Department Initiation
- From Evidence based confessions of a student nurse on 16 November 2009
- Sudden onset proptosis secondary to cavernous sinus thrombosis from underlying mandibular dental infection
- From BMJ Case Reports blog on 16 November 2009
- Harry Brown on electronic communications with patients
- From BMJ on 16 November 2009
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