Lessons from a modern review of the smallpox eradication files
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Source: JRSM - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Metzger, W. G., Köhler, C., Mordmüller, B. Tags: Essay Source Type: research
Erratum
Abbasi K. No transformation without reconciliation. J R Soc Med 2015; 108: 425. DOI: 10.1177/0141076815616300 (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Postgraduate medical school of the University of Exeter
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Source: JRSM - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Gray, D. P. Tags: Letter Source Type: research
What does the junior contract mean for me, my patients and the NHS?
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Source: JRSM - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Meghji, S., Rajan, N., Philpott, J. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
In healthcare, you get what you pay for
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Source: JRSM - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Abbasi, K. Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
For more events and to book online, please visit www.rsm.ac.uk/diary
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Events Source Type: research
Death Notices
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Death Notices Source Type: research
From JRSM Open
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: From JRSM Open Source Type: research
Tuning the heart with music
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Selvendran, S., Aggarwal, N., Vassiliou, V. Tags: Podium Source Type: research
Ambroise Pares accounts of new methods for treating gunshot wounds and burns
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Donaldson, I. Tags: From the James Lind Library Source Type: research
Patient perceptions and recall of consent for regional anaesthesia compared with consent for surgery
Conclusions
Fundamental misunderstandings about the consent process are prevalent. Future work in this area should seek to investigate how documentation of the consent process and patients’ understanding of consent for regional anaesthesia can be improved. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Zarnegar, R., Brown, M. R., Henley, M., Tidman, V., Pathmanathan, A. Tags: Research Source Type: research
Statistical analyses in Swedish randomised trials on mammography screening and in other randomised trials on cancer screening: a systematic review
Conclusions
The use of unconventional statistical methods in Swedish trials has led to overestimation of risk reduction in breast cancer death attributable to mammography screening. The constant risk reduction observed in screening groups was probably due to the trial design that optimised awareness and medical management of women allocated to screening groups. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Autier, P., Boniol, M., Smans, M., Sullivan, R., Boyle, P. Tags: Research Source Type: research
Challenges of harmonising data from UK national health surveys: a case study of attempts to estimate the UK prevalence of asthma
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Nwaru, B. I., Mukherjee, M., Gupta, R. P., Farr, A., Heaven, M., Stoddart, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Fitzsimmons, D., Shields, M., Phillips, C., Chamberlain, G., Fischbacher, C., Dibben, C., Aftab, C., Simpson, C. R., Lyons, R., Strachan, D., Davies, G. A., Tags: Essay Source Type: research
Screening mammography: Authors response to Nyström and Tabar and colleagues
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Autier, P., Boniol, M., Smans, M., Sullivan, R., Boyle, P. Tags: Letters Source Type: research
Systematic review of the breast cancer screening trials is error-ridden
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Tabar, L., Day, N., Smith, R., Chen, T. H., Yen, A. M., Duffy, S. Tags: Letters Source Type: research
