There is still uncertainty and confusion over which grades of doctor are encompassed by the title ‘nonconsultant career grade doctors’ (NCCG). They are staff grade doctors and the more senior associate specialists. Also included are doctors working in the community, previously called clinical medical officers (CMOs) and senior clinical medical officers (SCMOs), although doctors in these groups ...

Medieval hospitals, and more broadly, health care in general, were the beginnings accessible only to a small part of population. They created primarily for needs monks large monastic centers, such as Hilandar Studenica. Their organisation was regulated by provisions typics, written under Roman influence, adapted according circumstances medieval Serbia. The mission these institutions healing sic...

OBJECTIVE Medical education in community settings is an essential ingredient of doctors' training and a key factor in recruiting general practitioners (GP). Health Education England's report 'Broadening the Foundation' recommends foundation doctors complete 4-month community placements. While Foundation GP schemes exist; other community settings, are not yet used for postgraduate training. The ...

I welcome the growing recognition of the importance of medical leadership for quality services for patients. Still, serial critics question medical leaders’ visibility, approaches, and independence. During the current contract dispute, for example, aggrieved junior doctors have castigated those in senior roles for being too timid or status conscious to risk speaking out. Senior medical leaders ...

Background: Nicotine is one of the strongest poisons. Every year about 75 thousand of Iranians die due to smoking. Since doctors and nurses have a major role in controlling smoking, this study tried to investigate the prevalence of cigarette smoking among doctors and nurses and their awareness about the effects of smoking. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on all doctors (n = 150) a...

Using novel methods, this paper explores sources of uncertainty and gender bias in primary care doctors' diagnostic decision-making about coronary heart disease (CHD). Claims about gendered consultation styles and quality of care are re-examined, along with the adequacy of CHD models for women. Randomly selected doctors in the UK and the US (n=112, 56 per country, stratified by gender) were sho...

Even a cursory review of the various business and management sub-disciplines in the post-war period reveals the ebb and flow of a whole series of management and organisational innovations: the 1980s heralded the rise of ‘Quality Circles’, ‘Portfolio Management’, MBWA (‘Management by Wandering Around’), and the focus on ‘Excellence’, to name but a few; in the 1990s the fashionable themes shifted...