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Caveat needed on ‘safe and effective’ declaration

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Dear Editor, Your recent article on the study in The Lancet refers to chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue indiscriminately and gives the impression that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and graded exercise are “safe and effective for all” (‘Cognitive behavioural therapy not harmful in chronic fatigue’, Irish Medical Times, March 18, 2011, https://www.

Doctor must accompany patient on difficult road ahead

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Dear Editor, I am writing about the letter I saw in Irish Medical Times regarding the lack of credit afforded to a man who visited his GP for a letter of referral (‘‘No credit’ signs would prevent embarrassment’, March 18, 2011, ).

Leadership in crisis

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Seanad candidate Dr Mick Molloy tells Lloyd Mudiwa that hospitals will have to facilitate doctors’ professional competence requirements.