Just how demanding can we be before we blow it? Hilda Bastian argues that assertive, articulate patients who swallow up doctors time with their lists of questions are increasing health inequalities by leaving needier patients waiting [Full text][PDF]
Basic plastic surgery techniques and principles: Using local anaesthetics
In the third part of our series, Ben Taylor and Ardeshir Bayat explain local anaesthetics. Which anaesthetic should you use and why? And what are the risks? [Full text][PDF]
Trauma part 4: Burns
In the final article in our series on trauma, Omar Mukhtar and Kirsten Jones explain how to assess and manage burns [Full text][PDF]
Biomedical ethics: Organ transplantation
In the third part of our series, Pierre Mallia looks at the controversial world of organ transplantation [Full text][PDF]
Korotkoff sounds Tom Cunningham is not convinced Korotkoff sounds are caused by turbulent blood flow. He looks into how those important everyday sounds reach your stethoscope [Full text][PDF]
To hell and back Lizzie Miller is a founding member of the Doctors' Support Network. She spoke to Peter Cross about her medical career and her victory over bipolar mood swings [Full text][PDF]
UK postgraduate education: all change
Junior doctors' training in the United Kingdom is changing. New arrangements will affect current medical students, but will it make them better doctors? Adam Poole explains [Full text][PDF]
International medical conferences Joanna Coghill, Rachel Gaywood, Sarah Christie, and Gavin Perkins give some crucial advice on how to present your research [Full text][PDF]
Tips on Conferences: getting there and getting the most from them [Full text][PDF]
Paper plus: Comparing antidepressants in primary care[Full text][PDF]
Vampire bats and moonshine Mohit Kaushal and Christopher Niranjan went to Costa Rica for their elective and found that effective health care is more than clinical skills [Full text][PDF]
Planning your elective: Costa Rica Mark Wilson gives you some tips on arranging your elective [Full text][PDF]
Global perspectives on patients
Doctors and patients relate to each other differently in different cultures. Here seven medical students from around the globe share their insights [Full text][PDF]
Neurolinguistic programming: the keys to success Joanne Walter and Ardeshir Bayat explain how being successful in your career and personal life could be within your reach [Full text][PDF]
Networking: how to play the game
You are at a conference, academic or otherwise. How do you make the most of it? Charlotte Allan and Timothy Rittman suggest some ways to tap into networks [Full text][PDF]
