Case presented by: A Davison, FRCP, consultant physician at Southend General Hospital D Mulvey, FFARCS, clinical research fellow Chairman: M Green, FRCP, consultant physician Collator: D Currie, MRCP, senior registrar Discussion group: D M Denison, FRCP, consultant physician in respiratory physiology T Clark, FRCP, consultant physician in respiratory medicine K F Chung, MRCP, senior lecturer in...

This presentation discusses the creation of a digital library which contains scientific work produced by the Technical Chamber of Greece and disseminated to its members through post or library services. The Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) is the technical consultant to the Government as well as the professional organisation of greek engineers (numbering more than 60.000). Among TEE activities...

David R. Hansen is Digital Library Fellow at the University of California Berkeley School of Law; e-mail: [email protected]. William M. Cross is Director of the Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center at North Carolina State University; e-mail: [email protected]. Phillip M. Edwards is Instructional Consultant in the Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University; e-mail...

Amanda Parkin, marketing manager at approved design and build consultant to the NHS for integrated theatres and digital video communications, OR Networks, explains how, with the help of the company and its specialist equipment, Northumbrian surgeons successfully established a two-way audio/video link to their counterparts at a hospital in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro to enable them to tra...

by information regarding the part of speech and the language, a definition, and one or more citations from archival documents, which demonstrate usage and context. The Léxico médico y farmacológico is a painstaking compilation of relevant medical and pharmacological terms – really a labour of love – that has required of its author a deep knowledge of the history of medicine, particularly of the...

Regular consultant ward rounds have been shown to reduce the length of stay and improve the discharge planning for patients (1). To balance the competing demands of outpatient activity and inpatient oncology, it has been difficult to provide specialist care in our hospital. Previously, inpatients were managed primarily by the oncology specialist trainees, who are qualified in internal medicine,...