Doctors, dilemmas, decisions

Britain's National Health Service: the doctors' dilemmas.

BOOK REVIEWS Britain's National Health Service: The Doctors' Dilemmas ... . . . . . . . . Briefing: Federal Court Affirms Pro-Laetrile Ruling; British Scientist Sues over Clone Book; Want the Men to Pass ERA? Grab Them by Their Genes; DuPont Finally Relinquishes Drug Institute Post ............ Biological Warfare Fears May Impede Last Goal of Smallpox Eradicators ..... Budget-Cutting Mood in Co...

Current dilemmas in overseas doctors' training.

International medical graduates (IMGs) are a remarkably successful professional group in the United Kingdom making up to 30% of the NHS work force. Their very success and media publicity about general practice and consultant shortages, has led to a large influx of inexperienced doctors seeking training opportunities in competitive specialties. In 2003 a record 15,549 doctors joined the medical ...

Ethical dilemmas: a focus of discussion for junior doctors.

That an essay such as the one written by Quarini in this issue of the journal has been written at all, and written by a junior doctor, is cause for encouragement. We are also delighted that trainees recognise the myriad of ethical dilemmas in their routine day-to-day ward work, and the detrimental impact on patients of relatively subtle behaviours. These observations represent important opportu...

Doctors Without Answers: Limits, Challenges, and Dilemmas of Humanitarian (Bio)medicine, and Doctors Without Borders

The ghost of George Bernard Shaw and Australian doctors' dilemmas.

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 4/18 December 2006 185 11/12 585-586 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Editorial As a prominent Fabian, Shaw would enthusiastica Australia’s Medicare scheme, with its ideals of un unfettered access to medical care and provisions for costs. But publi he lth insurance comes with a p overwhelming bureaucratisation of medical care ...