We develop a model of consulting (advising) where the role of the consultant is that she can reveal signals to her client which refine the client’s original private estimate of the profitability of a project. Importantly, only the client can observe or evaluate these signals (“clues”), the consultant cannot. We characterize the optimal contract between the consultant and her client. It is a men...

Consultant-delivered care has been shown to improve outcomes for acute medical patients. However, the ideal composition of a medical team to support consultant-delivered care is not clear and little is known about the effect of continuing consultant-delivered care until the patient is discharged. Between December 2011 and April 2012, 260 general medical patients requiring inpatient care were ma...

In this paper, we analyse and seek to understand the complex relations that occur between clients and consultants during consulting projects. The paper uses ideas from Schön’s model of the “reflective practitioner” to propose a new model conceptualising the client-consultant team as a community of interpretive communities. We show that client and consultant belong to different interpretive comm...

OBJECTIVE Thoracoscopic (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)) lobectomy is a safe and effective method for treating early-stage lung cancer. Despite this, it is still not widely practised, which could be due to a shallow learning curve. We have evaluated the surgical outcome in a training programme at an institution with an established VATS lobectomy programme. We present the surgical d...

Abstract Background Olorofim, the first orotomide antifungal, selectively inhibits fungal dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH), a key enzyme in pyrimidine biosynthesis. Olorofim is active against Aspergillus (including azole-resistant and cryptic species), resistant moulds (e.g., Lomentospora prolificans, Scopulariopsis) dimorphic fungi Coccidioides). The drug given orally cleared by multiple C...

One of the most useful applications of natural language interface technology is the area of computer consultants. Computer consultants are programs which a user can ask for help about some topic. One of the easiest ways to interact with computer consultants is by typed English. These programs can give answers in English too. We hav e developed a computer consultant called OSCON (Operating Syste...

University of Cambridge J. Tudor, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DMDR, FFR, Consultant Radiologist E. P. Wraight, PhD, DMRT, Consultant in Nuclear Medicine Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England. A. J. Coakley, MB, ChB, MRCP, MSc, Consultant in Nuclear Medicine St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, England. Requests for reprints should be sent to Mr N. Rushton. ...

Fady Joseph*, Ken Dawson†, Samar Betmouni‡, Tim Moss§ and Philip Smith¶ *Specialist Registrar in Neurology, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol; †Consultant Neurologist, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny; ‡Specialist Registrar in Neuropathology, Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol; §Consultant Neuropathologist...