February 4, 2012

Rabelais without a clause

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Dr Stephen McWilliams recounts the life and work of physician, writer and quintessential Renaissance man Francois Rabelais The book is a very old invention indeed. As early as the seventh century, the Chinese were using ink on carved wooden blocks to print images onto paper; by the 14th century, the earliest paper mills were springing [...]

Nutrient therapy for mental illness

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The science of epigenetics may hold the key to our understanding of mental illness and behavioural disorders, Dr Bill Walsh tells Aoife Connors

Mentoring model of medicine

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Pioneering US medic Dr Lynn Holden tells Aoife Connors about her novel project to open up entry to medicine to the socially disadvantaged

New scheme will impose ‘significant’ cost

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Professional competence (PC) will impose a significant administrative cost on the ICGP, College Chairman Dr John Delap has told Irish Medical Times. “If you consider the issue of logging and auditing the competence assurance process for 3,500 doctors, then there is obviously going to be a significant administrative expense in dealing with that,” he said.

IMO rejects CA view of negotiating entitlements

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The IMO believes the CA is incorrect regarding its negotiating powers, writes Aoife Connors

Watchdog bites back at HSE failings

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Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has described some of the healthcare-related cases in her 2009 Annual Report as “shocking and unacceptable”, reports Mary Anne Kenny

A different Dear John letter

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Dr Paul Heslin writes an open letter to Minister John Gormley suggesting a very simple solution that could save money, the precious time of emergency care workers and many lives

Health executive wins appeal

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Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Court of Appeal case in the UK, in which the Court allowed an appeal by a former senior health executive against a decision of the High Court that her severance package was unreasonably generous

Tax status of locums

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With changes emerging as to how Revenue focuses on locums, tax expert Geraldine Corcoran looks at the continued uncertainty over the issue facing the medical profession

Hospitals breaking the habit

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Continuing our series on the Irish Healthcare Awards, Valerie Ryan looks back at how, for the first time in Ireland, an entire hospital campus was declared smoke-free

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