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Contents: August 2002

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Contents page (PDF)

Editorials

The 90/10 divide

Living with Parkinsons disease - a childs perspectives

Demystifying neurology


News

BMA has to pay £815000 in damages for indirect racial discrimintaion

Junior doctors leaving medical school have knowledge gaps

United Kingdon divided as Scotland introduces free personal care for elderly people

Germany: everyone has top be insured for long term care

Ireland: state pays maximum of £124 a week for elderly care

Spain: old people frequently live with their families

Netherlands: long term care paid by compulsory insurnace

Australia: federal government subsides long term care by up to £22000 a year

Popping a multivitamin daily can keep disease at bay

Mobile phones go molar

Naps prevent burnout

Doped East German athletes to receive compensation for health problems

Education

Measuring chances: Wai-Ching Leung explains odds and probabilities

Larval therapy

Abdominal x ryas made easy: calcification

Neurodegenerative terms

Creepy crawly medicine - does it work?


Careers

Profile: James Drife

A career in medical informatics

Becoming a preregistration house officer

Plastic fantastic: Professor Gunther von Hagens


Papers

Prevalence of epilepsy in prisoners: systematic review

Commentary: Mona Oshaka takes you through this paper and explains what the authors did and why, and what it means in practice


Life

Tracing roots: Uganda

Planning your elective - Uganda

The fine art of anatomy

Soundings competition winner - Competitive streak

Iraq: a health system in crisis


Letters

Biblical teaching may be more effective than free condoms

Academic medicine - Allegations are not true

Academic medicine - Author's response

Increased student numbers need enlarged facilities

Critical shortage of quality clinical teaching must be addressed

Medical students need opportunities to consider careers in research

Importance of all healthcare professionals should be acknowledged

More caring attitudes towards students is needed

Reviews

The devil's Gardens: A history of Landmines

Lucky Man

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections

Sci45 Speciality Choice Inventory

Grossology: the (impolite) science of the human body

An Australian x ray

Why voluntary work overseas is a must

Minerva: August 2002