Dear Editor, I always read Dr Ruairi Hanley’s articles and usually enjoy them despite — or perhaps because of — the angry, simplistic nature of his arguments (‘Blazing row over EDs’, IMT, June 24, 2011, http://bit.
Mr Kieran Murphy and Dr Margaret O’Riordan examine HIQA’s Draft National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare, including their impact on patient care and implications for general practice.
Irish Medical Times has issued a call for entries for this year’s Irish Healthcare Awards — the 10th year the so-called ‘Oscars’ of the health services have taken place.
By Lloyd Mudiwa.
By Lloyd Mudiwa.
By Gary Culliton.
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a receptionist claimed that she was discriminated against on grounds of marital and family status when she was dismissed from her post by a consultant.
By Gary Culliton.
David Quinn of Beauchamps Solicitors looks at the issue of assisted suicide in the light of the UK Director of Public Prosecution’s guidelines on the subject.
Recent research allowing newly-diagnosed cancer patients to have full access to their medical records showed the majority reported higher satisfaction levels with no corresponding rise in anxiety.
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