A great deal has been written about the problems of the tuberculous war veteran. The impression has been created that he is an individual set apart from the rest of the communal family and is somewhat of a problem child. Public attention having been focused on this thought, it has been assumed that all the problems in connection with the hospitalization of the tubercubus veteran, are indigenous...

INTRODUCTION Most patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with minor head injury (HI) can be discharged, provided a caregiver is present and careful discharge instructions are given. The study ED uses an advice leaflet with verbal reinforcement to patients and caregivers detailing post-discharge instructions and warning symptoms of worsening HI. We aim to evaluate local patients' a...

AIM. To study social, demographic, clinical, and forensic profiles of frequently re-hospitalized (revolving-door) psychiatric patients. METHODS. The study included all patients (n=183) who were admitted to our hospital 3 or more times during a 2-year period from 1999 through 2000. We compared these patients to 2 control groups of patients who were admitted to our hospital in the same period. Fo...

AIM The study aimed at describing the evolution over a 6-year period of patients leaving the emergency department (ED) before being seen ("left without being seen" or LWBS) or against medical advice ("left against medical advice" or LAMA) and at describing their characteristics. METHODS A retrospective database analysis of all adult patients who are admitted to the ED, between 2005 and 2010, ...

The role of the General Medical Council has changed over the last few years and this paper shows how the GMC now gives advice on good practice, as well as a warning against bad practice.