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Doctors, Nurses and Midwives in the NHS
1 November 1981
There have been substantial increases in all categories of professional manpower in the National Health Service since it was first established in 1949. This Briefing examines and discusses the trends…
Adverse Reactions and the Community
1 November 1982
Conference of Scottish Pharmacists, Aviemore, 21 November 1982. The aim is to do two things. First, to put the experience with benoxaprofen into a broader and cooler perspective. Secondly, to…
Hip Replacement in the NHS
1 March 1982
Of all forms of joint replacement operation, that for hips represents the most outstanding innovation. It is perhaps the major post-war surgical development and the key example of a technique…
Politics of Prescribing
1 January 1985
This briefing is based on a lecture given by George Teeling Smith. At present Britain is one of the seven most successful countries in the world in its record of…
What Are My Chances Doctor? – a Review of Clinical Risks
1 November 1986
…classical ‘killer’ diseases affecting children and young adults have largely been eliminated as a result of therapeutic progress. Much of medical care is now concerned with prolonging life in cases…
Factors Influencing Clinical Decisions in General Practice
1 May 1991
…the consequent denial of potential health benefits to patients being overlooked. Thus it was the light of these concerns that the Office of Health Economics organised the symposium on ‘Factors…
Organ Transplantation
1 July 1991
Organ transplantation is one of the most spectacular medical achievements of this century. The first successful human transplant operation took place in Boston, in 1954, when a single kidney was…
Patterns of Prescribing
1 January 1991
…Health Service provided by that good control. We are now beginning to get good data about our prescribing for these conditions and combined they provide a lesson for every general…
Aids in Africa: Meeting the Challenge through Training Education and Prevention
1 January 1992
…accomplishment of other pressing health objectives. To counter the pandemic in a sustainable manner, an alliance is needed among African governments, international donors, health professionals, pharmaceutical companies and non-governmental organisations…