Doctor patient social nicities - Have we come to this? Patient care has now become so entrenched in technology that a study was actually conducted (and published in a respected medic...

Case study: Doctor-patient intimidation - I had a very early menopause, aged 36. I was diagnosed as hypothyroid, and when my periods stopped the back pains started. ... ...

Doctor Errors: Even the patient can’t spot them - Doctors have become so hopeless at spotting – and reporting – their own errors that they are asking their victims, the patients, to do it for them.

How to treat the patient: study notes for your doctor - The following is based on study notes published in an academic journal to help doctors improve their inter personal skills with the patient There...

Hospital infections: It’s up to the patient to tell the doctor to wash his hands, says health chief - Hospital doctors in the UK so rarely wash their hands while on their rounds that patients are being encouraged to have their own hand-gel ready by the...

Recently, a reader sent in a little known letter which had been published in the new zealand medical journal. - The letter, written by J Barthelow Classen, director of American based Classen Immuno Therapies in Baltimore, Maryland, provided some astonishing evid...

Let's Work Together: A shocking idea for doctors - Here’s a novel idea. The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors in the UK, has come up with new practice guidelines that recommend for the...

Needle biopsy no good for melanoma - Sentinel node biopsy to check for systemic spread of malignant melanoma is cheap but is it really effective? ...