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The New Year kicked off with an announcement of yet another NHS shake-up. In a speech pegged around the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the NHS, Gordon Brown revealed that the nation's rarely-seen-in-the-NHS, healthy citizens are to be encouraged to see the doctor anyway, in order to prevent them turning into...
The GP Looking after patients in a GP setting affords a unique opportunity to care for them as people, where their illness is seen within the rich complexity of their lives. Despite the increasing technical skills of modern medicine, or maybe because of them, there is a powerful movement from...
'I can give up crime, doc, anyone can do that - but how can I stop behaving violently? It's the only thing I know!' Michael puts his head in his hands, 'I'm going to hit someone soon, I know it, and then I'll be finished'. Michael is part of that...
'I do want to' said our blessed Lord when asked by a leper if he wanted to cure him. [1] As doctors, it is our huge privilege to participate in healing. The challenge of medicine has been to do well what works and to avoid ineffective treatments. The National Institute...
They are the latest fashion accessories for medical CVs. But what exactly is a portfolio career? Why would you want one? And how can you get one? Job for life? Even within the relatively stable working environment of the medical world, there has been a move away from the traditional...
Many subfertile couples have reservations about IVF. Some have concerns about the creation, manipulation, selection and disposal of early human life. Others worry about the strain that IVF could produce in their relationship, and dislike the idea of separating the unitive and procreative aspects of sex. Still others are concerned...
Herceptin is a big issue. Google brings up a staggering one million hits. It features prominently in the media as well as filling the medical literature; but also raises issues that we as Christian doctors need to face. As we enter the increasingly complex days of 21st century healthcare we...
