What Doctors Don't Tell YouOn a visit to the GP during the summer last year, my mother let him know that she did not wish to undergo a hysterectomy for her fibroids. ...
If you end up in the A&E department with a bloody nose, beware.
Encouraging junior doctors to acquire skills by 'practising' on dying patients has been condemned by many physicians in a new US study (BMJ, 2000; 320: 137). ...
I'm just going to listen to your heart many of us have heard their doctors say that in clinics and hospitals all over the world. But possession of a stethoscope does not an expert make. As more ...
New research suggests that most physicians in the UK, irrespective of grade or speciality, do not know where to place defibrillator paddles when performing cardiac resuscitation. ...
More than 1,300 patients in a New Zealand hospital are being recalled after fears that endoscopic investigations may have left them with serious infections. ...
The quality of the teaching in British hospitals has been criticized in a new report. Consultants and registrars involved in teaching are rarely required to have any formal training and few royal ...
Most doctors and nurses do not know how a vital monitoring device works although they may use it almost on a daily basis and so make serious errors when interpreting readings. ...
Osteopaths in Britain are finally to be given statutory professional recognition. ...
Surgeons are rushing in to try their hand at minimally invasive operations without proper training or understanding of when they are appropriate. ...
