LOCAL ADVISORY MEDICAL COUNCILS.

Employment Medical Advisory Service.

The Employment Medical Advisory Service.

The historical development of the Employment Medical Advisory Service is described, and the Service's present organization is related to its range of activities, including its role as a source of information and advice on occupational health. The Employment Medical Advisory Service's influence on the development of occupational health practice, the collection of new knowledge and its adaptabili...

Reports and Notifications from the Medical Councils in India

Registrar-Secretary \ Dr. R. N. Shukla, m.b., b.s. 1. The following resolution, moved from the Chair, was passed all standing : 'This Council places on record its deep sense of sorrow on the dastardly assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian Nation and the maker of bloodless revolution, and conveys its heartfelt condolence and sympathy to the bereaved family.' 2. The minutes of...

Patients as seeds of change : Patient and Family Advisory Councils are

As I get older, my hearing is getting better and I am listening in different ways, especially to patients. I search for the patient voice in my office practice, in research studies and in health reform initiatives. The patient voice is getting louder and is changing the culture of medicine. I like the shorthand definition of culture as “the way we do things around here.” It is no longer busines...

A Conceptual Model for Group Support Systems in Local Councils

This paper proposes a conceptual model of a context-aware group support system (GSS) to assist local council employees to perform collaborative tasks in conjunction with interand intra-organisational stakeholders. Most discussions about e-government focus on the use of ICT to improve the relationship between government and citizen, not on the relationship between government and employees. This ...