MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'demand'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853015&cid=t_112989_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fresearch-brief-accounting-for-degree-of.html Click on image to enlarge. Click here to access the article. [Conflict of interest - I am a coauthor on this article]- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPadintelligence IQ tests IQ testing IQ scores CHC intelligence theory CHC theory Cattell-Horn-Carroll human cognitive abilities psychology school psychology individual differences cognitive psychology neuropsychology neuroscience psychology special education educational psychology psychometrics psychological assessment psychological measurement IQs Corner general intelligence linguistic demand culture culture and IQ Generated by: Tag Generator (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853015 Sat, 21 May 2011 15:10:00 +0100 4853015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053342&cid=t_112989_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D330 Insurance “claim fraudsters think too much”. Some great Portsmouth Uni research covered by Irish Independent http://retwt.me/1P8R0 “If You Want to Catch a Liar, Make Him Draw” David DiSalvo @Neuronarrative on more great Portsmouth Uni research http://retwt.me/1P8ZB fMRI scans of people with schizophrenia show they have same functional anatomical distinction between truth telling & deception as others http://bit.ly/aO5cI2 via @Forpsych In press: Promising to tell truth makes 8- 16 year-olds more honest (but lectures on morality don’t). Beh Sciences & Law http://is.gd/fCa7X (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053342 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:34:12 +0100 4053342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987231&cid=t_112989_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fn2RW7aNlenk%2F Worried about counterfeit meds? Well, eNom, which is the world’s second-biggest seller of web site addresses (otherwise known as domain names), is now going to screen its customers for unapproved drug sales, The Financial Times writes. Until now, Demand Media had resisted unless there was a court order or a law enforcement agency made a….demand. But in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing for a public stock offering, Demand Media now says that LegalScript was retained to scrutinize Internet pharmacies to ensure they are actually licensed to do business in the US (see page 26). GoDaddy, which is the biggest marketer of domain names, already screens customers. The move comes after KnujOn, an Internet security research firm, lambasted eNom in a report last June for alleg... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987231 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:03:12 +0100 3987231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658953&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoc-fix-vote-awaits-reimbursement-cut-to-take-effect%2F2010.06.14 Senators visited their districts Friday and again today, so the earliest they could vote on the doc fix is tomorrow (6/15) — the day the 21.3 percent reimbursement cut takes effect. Slowing down the process are the numerous amendments. For example, the duration of the fix is still being negotiated. And there are amendments such as redefining what makes up a rural health district. In California, some rural areas are seeing urban levels of patient demand, but giving more money to these counties is being seen as a kickback akin to others that were proposed during healthcare reform. (Part B News, The Hill) *This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658953 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3658953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635692&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F07%2Fwhat-women-want-a-manifesto-for-health-2010%2F Title: What Women Want: A Manifesto For Health 2010 Skinny: Report from the 2020 Health think tank with recommendations for the incoming government on different aspects of health and health care from a woman’s perspective to address the gender imbalance in health literature (this report is about health in general not women’s health) . Considers: Public Health Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Domiciliary Care to Reduce hospital Admissions Primary Care Surgery Nursing Preventive Health Physiotherapy Nutrition and Dietetics Patient Information Demand Management Self Care Older People Health Visiting Foundation Trusts Sharing Information and Communication Publisher: 2020 Health Size of Publication: 32p. Published: March 2010 Filed under: AHPs, Grey Literature, Medical Staff, NHS... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635692 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:23:17 +0100 3635692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533779&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F05%2Fprimary-care-and-emergency-departments%2F Title: Primary care and Emergency Departments Skinny: Studies the impact of using primary care within or alongside Accident and Emergency. The report highlights that use of primary care clinicians in Accident and Emergency departments can benefit patients where services are integrated and clinicians work together. The findings of this report are being developed into a guide for commissioners on use of primary care clinicians with Accident and Emergency departments and this guide will be available soon. Publisher: Primary Care Foundation Size of Publication: 102p. Published: 08/03/2010 Filed under: Accident and Emergency Departments, Commissioning, Grey Literature, Hospitals, Interagency Relations, NHS, Primary Care, Quality, Urgent Care Tagged: Accident and Emergency Departments, Commissio... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533779 Wed, 05 May 2010 06:50:02 +0100 3533779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3504894&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHP_HrjfFPcE%2F By Gerald P. O'DriscollToday I reread F. A. Hayek’s Nobel Lecture, “The Pretence of Knowledge.” Hayek was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in 1974 and delivered his lecture on December 11, 1974. I was amazed at how modern it was, and appropriate once again for the times. The 1970s were terrible times: stop-go demand management policies had produced stagflation that would continue for the rest of the decade.  Hayek said that “we have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.” He charged that the mess had been produced by policies the majority of economists “recommended and even urged governments to pursue.” The focus of his lecture was on scientism and how its errors had led economists and the Western economies to where they f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3504894 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:23:15 +0100 3504894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175821&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2Fsupervision-support-and-safety-analysis-of-the-2008%25e2%2580%25932009-local-supervising-authorities%25e2%2580%2599-annual-reports-to-the-nursing-midwifery-council%2F Title: Supervision, support and safety: Analysis of the 2008–2009 local supervising authorities’ annual reports to the Nursing & Midwifery Council Skinny: Nursing and Midwifery Council report that finds that there have been increases in midwifery ratios in some areas and good practice regarding service development for some of the most vulnerable families. It express’ concerns regarding: Rise in birth rates and increasing complexity of births in many LSAs Increasing numbers of experienced midwives and supervisors of midwives (SoMs) who may leave the workforce as they approach retirement age Quality and variability of maternity data which is used to monitor trends and public health outcomes, and which is collected either manually or by multiple maternity information systems In... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175821 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:38:23 +0100 3175821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3138998&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F04%2Ftoo-much-of-the-hard-stuff-what-alcohol-costs-the-nhs%2F Title: New Horizons: the next stage of mental health policy The Skinny: Briefing  from both the NHS Confederation and Royal College of Physicians in advance of the Health Select Committee Report on alchol due for publication on Friday.  It notes an 19% increase in alcohol consumption in the UK over the last three decades resulting  in consumption that is higher than in any other European country.  Alcohol is the third leading cause of disease burden in developed countries and, as a result, the cost of providing alcohol-related services is escalating. The burden on the NHS will be unsustainable if this continues.  This briefing outlines the extent of the problem and gives examples of where the NHS is managing problem drinkers effectively and efficiently.  Key points are: Over a quart... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3138998 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:54:19 +0100 3138998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133557&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F31%2Fwhich-doctor-putting-patients-in-control-of-primary-care%2F Title: Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care Skinny: Report from the think tank Policy Exchange that recommends that the majority of NHS funding (£84.4 billion in 2010–11) should be distributed on the basis of a patients’ age and postcodes, and that GPs be financially incentivised to set up practices in areas of most need through a ‘patient premium’. Publisher: Policy Exchange Size of Publication: 73p. Published: 22/12/2009 Posted in Demand, Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Inequalities in Health, NHS, Primary Care, Quality, Stakeholder Engagement Tagged: Choice, Equity, Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, NHS, Primary Care, Quality, Stakeholder Engagement (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133557 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:57:49 +0100 3133557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096792&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F17%2Fdeveloping-psychosocial-resilience-how-to-cope-in-a-crisis%2F Title: Developing psychosocial resilience: how to cope in a crisis Skinny: Provides a stepped model of care for staff that is sensitive and responsive to their needs before, during and after emergencies. It will ensure that staff are prepared to cope with long-sustained demand. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 27p. Published: 16/12/2009 Posted in Grey Literature, Human Resources, Management, Mental Health, NHS, Psychology Tagged: Counselling, Demand, Grey Literature, Human Resources, Mental Health, Psychology (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096792 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:30:27 +0100 3096792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096796&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F17%2Fnhs-operating-framework-for-201011-letter-to-social-partnership-forum-and-national-stakeholder-forum%2F Title: NHS operating framework for 2010/11 (letter to Social Partnership Forum and National Stakeholder Forum) Skinny: Letter introducing the NHS operating framework 2010/11 to the Social Partnership Forum and National Stakeholder Forum Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 3p. Published: 16/12/2009 Posted in Acute Services, Ambulance Services, Decision Making, Demand, Equity, Financial Management, Governance, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Hospitals, Inequalities in Health, Management, NHS, Poverty, Primary Care, Quality, Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion Tagged: Access, Deprivation, Equity, Grey Literature, H1N1, Hospitals, Inequalities, Infection Control, Influenza, NHS, Pandemic, Patient Experience, Poverty, Primary Care, Priorities, Quality, Staff Satisfaction, Stakeholder Engagemen... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096796 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:30:38 +0100 3096796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092648&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Flearning-from-the-past-tackling-worklessness-and-the-social-impacts-of-the-recession%25c2%25ad-%25e2%2580%2593-briefing-paper%2F Title: Learning from the Past: Tackling worklessness and the social impacts of the recession­ – Briefing Paper Skinny: Paper that argues that beating the social impacts of recession is crucial in preventing the downward spiral into long-term worklessness that the country has seen in the past. It is published alongside an evidence pack that sets out the data related to the past and current economic context.  It outlines how previous recessions have resulted in not just rising unemployment, but also increases in crime, mental health problems and family and relationship breakdown. It highlights the social impacts of previous recessions and how this time round despite steeper falls in GDP, labour market effects have been less severe than in the past. Publisher: Cabinet Office Size of Publ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092648 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:14:59 +0100 3092648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083023&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F13%2Fequality-impact-assessment-eqia-18-weeks-referral-to-treatment-standard%2F Title: Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) :18 Weeks Referral to Treatment Standard Skinny: This Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) provides an assessment of the impact of the 18 weeks referral to treatment standard on the six key equality dimensions of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief Publisher: DH Size of Publication:21p. Published: 13/11/2009 Posted in Demand, Equity, Grey Literature, Legislation, NHS, Quality Tagged: Equity, Grey LiteratureWaiting Times, Legislation, Referral (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083023 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:01:13 +0100 3083023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018954&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F23%2Fhealth-service-journal-2009-12th-november%2F Fade Fade: Demand management fails as trusts soak up PCT cash Fade Skinny: Primary care trusts have failed to control demand for hospital services by transferring care into the community, research from the Audit Commission has found. (Print subscription held at Fade Library Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Community Care, Current Awareness, Demand Management, Hospital Services, PCTs, Primary Care Trusts (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018954 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:30:26 +0100 3018954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989104&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F13%2Fannals-of-clinical-biochemistry-2009-volume-46-number-6%2F Contents Page Title: Managing demand for pathology tests: financial imperative or duty of care? Fade Skinny: Editorial identifying that demand management is an important component of clinical laboratory activity. (Requires NHS Athens Password) Posted in Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Current Awareness, Demand, Demand Management, E-Journals, Pathology (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989104 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:28 +0100 2989104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886373&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F13%2Ftackling-demand-together-a-toolkit-for-improving-urgent-and-emergency-care-pathways-by-understanding-increases-in-999-demand%2F Title: Tackling demand together: a toolkit for improving urgent and emergency care pathways by understanding increases in 999 demand Skinny: Toolkit produced by a group of ambulance providers and primary care trust commissioners together with the Department of Health to offer practical analysis, worksheets and tools to help all commissioners and providers improve urgent and emergency care services through better understanding of the factors affecting significant rises in 999 demand. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 59p Published: 13/10/2009 Posted in Ambulance Services, Commissioning, Primary Care, Primary Care Commissioning, Strategic Commissioning Tagged: Ambulance Services, Commissioning, Demand, Emergency Services, Grey Literature, Primary Care, Toolkits (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886373 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:37:10 +0100 2886373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616670&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F20%2Feconomic-outlook-for-business%2F Title: Economic Outlook for Business The Skinny: Quarterly summaryof the Ernst & and Young ITEM Club which estimates that the economic effects of a serious H1N1 swine flu epidemic could cut UK GDP by a further 3% this year. Publisher: Ernst and Young Published: July 2009 Size of document: 4p Posted in Demand, Economics, Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Influenza, Pandemic, Supply Tagged: Demand, Economics, Grey Literature, H1N1, Influenza, Pandemic, Supply (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616670 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:10:59 +0100 2616670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616671&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F20%2Fcould-swine-flu-tip-the-world-into-deflation%2F Title: Could swine flu tip the world into deflation? The Skinny: Paper from the Oxford Economics thinktank that looks at the economic impact of a global flu pandemic on the global and UK economy.  Although, so far, the social and economic impacts have been very small, if infection rates were to rise much further, significant costs could be expected. Publisher: Oxford Economics Published: July 2009 Size of Document: 5p Posted in Demand, Economics, Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Influenza, Pandemic, Supply Tagged: Demand, Economics, Grey Literature, H1N1, Influenza, Pandemic, Supply (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616671 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:07:32 +0100 2616671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616673&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F20%2Ffrom-feast-to-famine-reforming-the-nhs-for-an-age-of-austerity%2F Title: From Feast to Famine: Reforming the NHS for an age of austerity The Skinny: The thintank Social Market Foundation have completed a piece of worke supported by NHS Connecting for Health, Bupa, Pfizer & Standard Life Healthcare.   It identifies that following recent massive in vestment in the  National Health Services it now finds itself in period when major savings are to be made, but they must be driven by high quality local commissioners, with central government taking far less responsibility for health services. This will mean a political shift away from the idea of a uniform National Health Service towards an acceptance of locally varied, diverse procision. Only through empowering locally accountable commissioners and managing demand can the health service survive the chal... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616673 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:00:57 +0100 2616673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441273&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Flegislation-proposed-in-canada-for.html More proof--as if it were really needed--that the assisted suicide movement believes in death on demand for any non transitory physical or mental condition perceived by the suicidal person as causing unbearable suffering. From the bill (C-384):(7)Despite anything in this section, a medical practitioner does not commit homicide within the meaning of this Act by reason only that he or she aids a person to die with dignity, if (a) the person (i) is at least eighteen years of age, (ii) either(A) continues, after trying or expressly refusing the appropriate treatments available, to experience severe physical or mental pain without any prospect of relief, or(B) suffers from a terminal illness.Note that the patient does not have to be physically ill--mental pain will do. Note also that even if th... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441273 Thu, 21 May 2009 21:24:00 +0100 2441273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424073&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fassisted-suicide-as-prophylactic.html The media repeatedly pound home the false meme that assisted suicide is only about people diagnosed with a terminal illness. True, some American activists make that argument. But the "terminal illness limitation" is unquestionably the minority view within the movement.Case in point: On April 15, 2008, Ruth von Fuchs, a leader in the Canadian Right to Die Society told Canada AM (CTV) that she supports Betty Coumbias--the Canadian woman who is not sick, but who wants to travel to Switzerland with her terminally ill husband to commit assisted suicide. From the transcript (no link):RUTH VON FUCHS: Anyhow, the thing with Betty Coumbias I think will be an extension, because it will show there is no duty to live, that life is not an obligation, it's a right but not an obligation. It will also sho... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424073 Tue, 19 May 2009 19:32:00 +0100 2424073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386856&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fnitschke-we-dont-want-you-in-usa-either.html Poor Philip Nitschke, so unliked, misunderstood, and unwanted. Here he is on a mission of mercy to permit old people to take Mexican animal euthanasia drugs if they are tired of life and to ensure that troubled teens to have access to the "peaceful" suicide pill in grocery stores. (Yes, he really said that.) He counseled Nancy Crick on suicide and lied to the media saying she was terminally ill. He imported and sold plastic suicide bags, but was stopped by the Australian authorities after yours truly busted his little enterprise in The Australian.He travels from Australia, to New Zealand, and thence to the UK holding how to commit suicide classes, being fawned over by media, but he's still not happy. And now, when he was willing to bring his compassion and talents to the UK, he apparently ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386856 Sun, 03 May 2009 19:57:00 +0100 2386856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398550&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2Fpandemic-flu-managing-demand-and-capacity-in-health-care-organisations-surge%2F provides guidance on managing demand and capacity in health care organisations. The aim of the guidance is to support NHS and social care organisations to build on their existing preparedness plans and enable clinicians to work within an ethical framework during a pandemic, when there may be a significant increase in demand for care. The aim of the guidance is to support NHS and social care organisations to build on their existing preparedness plans and enable clinicians to work within an ethical framework during a pandemic, when there may be a significant increase in demand for care. This document is intended to provide staff with guidance on the following: operational issues around the increase in demand for services supporting clinicians with the decision making processes on triaging ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398550 Fri, 01 May 2009 09:53:46 +0100 2398550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347927&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fterminal-nonjudgmentalism-is-epidemic.html I shouldn't be surprised by anything the MSM does today in boosting social outlaws into cultural icons. For example, when Jack Kevorkian was at the top of his deadly game--even offering extracted kidneys from a disabled assisted suicide victim for transplant in a news conference--Time invited him as an honored guest to its gala 75th anniversary party where Tom Cruise ran up to shake his hand.Now in "Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits," Time gives the Down Under "Dr. Death," Philip Nitschke the star treatment. Nitschke has called for the right of troubled teens to get access to suicide pills. He advised an Australian woman named Nancy Crick on how to commit suicide--and in the public advocacy leading up to the deed, told the press she had terminal cancer. After she committed sui... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347927 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:13:00 +0100 2347927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306952&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Flogical-outcome-of-assisted-suicide.html I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this story. Assisted suicide advocacy rests on two fundamental ideological premises: First, that we own our bodies and it is the "ultimate civil liberty" to decide on the time, manner, and place of our own demise. Second, that killing is an acceptable answer to the problem of human suffering. Once these values are accepted, preventing death on demand becomes logically unsustainable.The death on demand agenda is now being openly voiced in Switzerland, by the head of one of that country's suicide clinics. Apparently, the healthy wife of a terminally ill, suicidal husband, wants to die alongside him via assisted suicide. From the story:The founder of the Swiss assisted-suicide clinic Dignitas revealed plans today to help a healthy wife die alongsi... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306952 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:14:00 +0100 2306952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2294334&cid=t_112989_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5v9J8T22hdo National Cable Communications brings us MyLife on Demand, a new health and wellness video-on-demand network that’s avaialble in 30 million households via cable television. The big names in the health industry contribute informational, educational programming, which is great for the public and superb for national, regional, and local advertisers. Oral health topics covered by MyLife on Demand include implants, plque control, nutrition, and others. For more information about NCC, visit www.spotcable.com. Healthcare industry marketers can request more details about MyLife on Demand by contacting Roger Leddington directly at rledd@yahoo.com. SOURCE: http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=6711 (Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry) dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2294334 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:54:37 +0100 2294334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222389&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Fresisting-assisted-suicide-guidelines.html Compassion and Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) has played a crafty game of pretense about the ultimate goals of its assisted suicide campaign. In debates (including those in which I have participated), in media interviews, in press releases, etc., its representatives have claimed that C and C wants only a very narrow legalization of "aid in dying," and that to be under strict regulatory control to ensure against abuse.Well, now that the drive to legalize assisted suicide has gained some traction, the ideological zeal of the group's leadership has caused them to go off that carefully tailored script. Kathryn Tucker is the legal director of C and C who got a sympathetic judge to impose a state constitutional right to "die with dignity" on Montana. As I noted in the Weekly Standard--co... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222389 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:12:00 +0100 2222389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182386&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Fcompassion-and-choices-seven-principles.html Compassion and Choices (formerly Hemlock Society) is the abundantly funded, prime mover and shaker for the assisted suicide movement in the USA. It unquestionably had a good year in 2008 with the passage of I-1000 in Washington and the imposition of a fundamental state constitutional right to "die with dignity" in Montana. It has now issued its "Seven Principles" to "improve end-of-life care and expand patient choices." A clear and literal reading of these "principles," demonstrate that the goal is an essential death on demand. From its press release: Our Seven Principles can help guide lawmakers and policy experts to remember what’s important, and make sure our health care system and its providers are putting the patient first: 1. Focus. End of life care should focus on the patient’s ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182386 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:46:00 +0100 2182386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150754&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fmodernising-medical-education-hidden.html David Jones (not his real name) is a medical student at a famous London teaching hospital.There are too many of us.There have been too many of us since a decade ago when the British government figured that the best way to pander to the people was to look like it was improving healthcare. The men in the Palace of Westminster went "Hey, lets make loads of people go to medical school" and the British Medical Association went "Wow! That's great you guys, more doctors!". It became apparent that it had all been an exercise in political machismo when, seven years later, the government found that they had more doctors than there were jobs. Credit must go to the job application system that exposed this flaw in the government's strategy: MTAS left vast numbers of doctors either unemployed or — if ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150754 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:14:00 +0100 2150754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067400&cid=t_112989_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D307 We examined whether individuals’ ability to detect deception remained stable over time. In two sessions, held one week apart, university students viewed video clips of individuals and attempted to differentiate between the lie-tellers and truth-tellers. Overall, participants had difficulty detecting all types of deception. When viewing children answering yes-no questions about a transgression (Experiments 1 and 5), participants’ performance was highly reliable. However, rating adults who provided truthful or fabricated accounts did not produce a significant alternate forms correlation (Experiment 2). This lack of reliability was not due to the types of deceivers (i.e., children versus adults) or interviews (i.e., closed-ended questions versus extended accounts) (Experiment 3). ... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067400 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:32:43 +0100 2067400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2046639&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fwhat-we-are-becoming-creating.html I have written about Philip Nitsckhe before. He is the Australian doctor who is obsessed with suicide machines and making sure that anyone who wants to kill themselves be able to do so, including--as he stated in an NRO interview--"troubled teens." With the new "professional" look of the assisted suicide/euthanasia movement, one would think that Nitschke would be in bad odor. He is not, of course, remaining a hero to the movement's death-on-demand grass roots and usually invited to speak at the seminars and contentions that are held around the world on making oneself dead.Now, Nitschke has made the news again--which seems is real raison d' etre. From the story:EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke is in Adelaide to launch a death device – components of which can be bought from hardware ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2046639 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:28:00 +0100 2046639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908703&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fgynecologist-assists-suicide-for-person.html This is so typical. A Swiss gynecologist death doctor named Alois Geiger admits helping with the suicide people outside his medical specialty. He is a gynecologist. From the column:Should one not be allowed to make use of medical means to release oneself from suffering? The wish to commit suicide is most understandable when it develops over time, rather than overnight. Only a doctor with a medical practice can prescribe strong sleeping medication. For me there is no question about writing such a prescription in a tragic situation, knowing that it cannot help his illness but will help him realise his wish for a self-determined suicide...The other day a patient came to me suffering from a spreading neurological disease that was increasingly paralysing his muscles. He lived alone, had no fami... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908703 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:27:00 +0100 1908703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782532&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fdefeated-australian-assisted-suicide.html An assisted suicide bill sponsored by Greens in Victoria, Australia was defeated handily in the Provincial Parliament. Good. I bring this up because the scope of who would qualify for mercy killing under the proposal was quite broad. From the story: The Medical Treatment (Physician-Assisted Dying) Bill would have enabled Victorians suffering "intolerably from a terminal or advanced incurable illness" to end their lives. An "incurable illness" could encompass many afflictions, whether paraplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, HIV, etc. It could even be construed to apply to mental illness. That's not alarmist. The Swiss Supreme Court, as SHS readers will recall, has declared a constitutional right to assisted suicide for the terminally ill.Assisted suicide/euthanasia is not really about t... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782532 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:59:00 +0100 1782532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696052&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fdeclaring-right-to-suicide.html I have become so sick and tired of the baloney that swirls around assisted suicide advocacy like gruel in a blender. Assisted suicide is not really about the rare case when nothing else can be done to alleviate suffering--which has not been the case yet in any legalized jurisdiction from the Netherlands, to Switzerland, to Oregon. Rather, it is about establishing the right to what in essence would be death on demand.This is clearly stated in a speech given by Ludwig Minelli, the suicide zealot who heads Dignitas. Writing about the Swiss Supreme Court ruling granting a right to assisted suicide for the mentally ill--which I wrote about here--Minelli claims that suicide and assisted suicide both are human rights. In other words, the so-called limitations that would limit this killing to the ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696052 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +0100 1696052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1682962&cid=t_112989_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F05%2Fpsychiatrists-doing-35-less-psychotherapy%2F As we reported earlier today, psychiatrists are doing less psychotherapy than they were a decade ago: Over the 10-year period, psychotherapy was provided in 5,597 (34 percent) of 14,108 visits lasting longer than 30 minutes. The percentage of visits involving psychotherapy declined from 44.4 percent in 1996-1997 to 28.9 percent in 2004-2005. “This decline coincided with changes in reimbursement, increases in managed care and growth in the prescription of medications,” the researchers write. The number of psychiatrists who provided psychotherapy to all of their patients also declined over the same time period, from 19.1 percent to 10.8 percent. This is not a surprising finding, given that psychiatry as a profession has enjoyed a general, progressive decline over the past 4 decades... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1682962 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:49:24 +0100 1682962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1630919&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fgp-gives-suicidal-patient-drugs-for.html A GP in the UK is accused of prescribing a suicidal elderly patient an overdose knowing that she wanted to die so as to not be a burden on her family. He's in the soup. From the story:Dr Iain Kerr appeared before a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing in Manchester accused of prescribing sodium amytal sleeping tablets to the 87-year-old, known as Patient A, against official guidance. She later died of an overdose of three other drugs, including a dose of temazepam which the hearing was told he also gave her.The woman had talked of taking her own life so as not to be a burden on her family, the GMC heard.I am glad the authorities are pursuing the case, but if we pass assisted suicide legalization bills, I don't see how this very scenario can long be resisted generally. After all, if we hav... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1630919 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:09:00 +0100 1630919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560614&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fassisted-suicide-adcocate-shows-ugly.html Now Germany is surprised at the crassness of assisted suicide advocates. A German official assisted the suicide of an elderly woman--and a la Kevorkian, filmed it and then showed it on television. From the story:As nuanced as that debate may be, though, the death of Bettina S., many are saying on Tuesday, crossed a clear line. The former X-ray technician, who never married and has no children, says in the video that one of her motivations to kill herself was that she was afraid of ending up alone in a nursing home. According to reports on Tuesday, she had also contacted the Swiss assisted suicide organization Dignitas before getting in touch with Kusch.What clear line? There is no clear line! Media continue to refuse to open their eyes! Assisted suicide is not about terminal illness. That'... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560614 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:48:00 +0100 1560614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1546637&cid=t_112989_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D288 This article appears in the latest issue of Law and Human Behavior, although the study featured extensively in the press a few months ago (see here ). Here’s the abstract: In two experiments, we tested the hypotheses that (a) the difference between liars and truth tellers will be greater when interviewees report their stories in reverse order than in chronological order, and (b) instructing interviewees to recall their stories in reverse order will facilitate detecting deception. In Experiment 1, 80 mock suspects told the truth or lied about a staged event and did or did not report their stories in reverse order. The reverse order interviews contained many more cues to deceit than the control interviews. In Experiment 2, 55 police officers watched a selection of the videotaped inter... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1546637 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:10:12 +0100 1546637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1525950&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F17%2Fcaring-for-vulnerable-babies-the-reorganisation-of-neonatal-services-in-england-2%2F House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (2008) Caring for Vulnerable Babies: The reorganisation of neonatal services in England: Twenty–sixth Report of Session 2007–08 Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. London: TSO. has been the top story in Another 15 Minutes…Health News from Fade today. The report identifies the following conclusions: The decision to establish a Neonatal Task Force is an important development, with the potential to improve the care for vulnerable babies. The reorganisation of neonatal services into clinical networks has had limited impact in reducing geographic variations in mortality rates. Whilst three-quarters of neonatal units have reviewed the types and intensity of care a unit should be able to provide safely, the ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1525950 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:15:58 +0100 1525950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1442701&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F14%2Flondon-calling%2F Project: London is a clinic of Medecins Du Monde (UK) which aims to support migrants that need help accessing healthcare.  It has just  published its second annual report the Project: London report and recommendations 2007: Improving access to healthcare for the community’s most vulnerable. The report finds no evidence of health tourism, with patients had been in the UK for an average of 3 years before accessing care from Project: London. Migrants are no more likely to have expensive, complicated medical needs than anyone else. It also identifies difficulties for pregnant women in accessing proper care. Although they were entitled, nearly 70% of the women had no access to care, a situation which puts both mother and child in jeopardy, and must be addressed as a matter of urgency. P... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1442701 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:50:46 +0100 1442701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1439452&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2Fugly-face-of-assisted-suicide.html There is a column in The Gurdian that illustrates vividly the ugly reality of assisted suicide. The writer Jon Ronson followed some suicide facilitators around, and found that their "compassion" leaves much to be desired. For example, Susan (a pseudonym), is trained by the euthanasia fanatic George Exoo to assist suicides and travels the world facilitating death. From the column:Susan flew to New Zealand to help a depressed, non-terminally ill woman she had met on the internet commit suicide. The woman had previously asked a mainstream right-to-die group called Dignity NZ to help her, but they had refused."I was of the impression that she needed assistance in living rather than advice on how to end her life," Dignity NZ's founder, Lesley Martin, later explained to me in an email. She added... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439452 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:22:00 +0100 1439452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369643&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F04%2Fphilip-nitschke-strikes-it-rich-to.html What greater proof that euthanasia and assisted suicide are an elite agenda than the millions that have been poured into the coffers of advocates by the likes of the George Soros and the Tides Foundations to groups such as Compassion and Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society). Initiative 1000 in Washington State already has hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds from large donations from assisted suicide PACs--and that is before the Grand-Canyon deep pockets of former Governor Booth Gardner are slapped on the table to buy his proposed law legalizing assisted suicide in Washington State.But this is beyond the pale: Australian "Dr. Death" Phillip Nitschke has called for a suicide pill to be made available to troubled teens, he has concocted a "peaceful pill" for people to kill th... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369643 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:25:00 +0100 1369643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1268319&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F29%2Fevaluation-of-one-stop-shop-models-of-sexual-health-provision%2F In 2001, the Government published the National Sexual Health and HIV Strategy and one of the recommendations is the provision of more comprehensive and integrated sexual health services. One of the commitments in the strategy was to undertake an evaluation of different models of One Stop Shops.  Evaluation of One-Stop Shop Models of Sexual Health Provision, which has just been published provides valuable findings and information for PCT commissioners and service providers considering an integrated approach as well as those already providing integrated services.  It finds: There was some evidence that people attending the mainstream OSS for STI-related reasons were more likely to be offered contraceptive advice or supplies. The designated young people’s OSS was more likely than the ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1268319 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:40:19 +0100 1268319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1244992&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F20%2Fbetter-care-better-lives-improving-outcomes-and-experiences-for-children-young-people-and-their-families-living-with-life-limiting-and-life-threatening-conditions%2F ‘Better Care: Better Lives: Improving outcomes and experiences for children, young people and their families living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions’ aims to improve the care and support given to children in England with life-limiting or life-threatening condition and their families. The strategy calls on commissioners, service providers, voluntary sector partners – to improve the experiences of young people and their families by: improving data sources building stronger joint working arrangements developing better needs assessments and support regimes tackling inequalities encouraging the delivery of care in the most appropriate setting. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1244992 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:33:00 +0100 1244992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1244995&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F20%2Fevidence-based-planning-for-world-class-commissioning-transition-interview-with-andrew-beale-executive-director-of-matrix-knowledge-group%2F To access this video you will be required to give some details about yourself to HealthExecTV. The World Class Commissioning initiative provides a major opportunity for Trusts to transform care services and develop new ways of maximising the value of limited healthcare budgets. While Trusts wait for the WCC Assurance Framework, there are many ways to start planning the transition to World Class Commissioning. Evidence-based analysis of population requirements, how money has been spent and how other organisations are approaching commissioning is a key starting point. In this interview, Andrew Beale, Executive Director of Matrix Knowledge Group consultancy, discusses how evidence-based analysis can help Trusts to better understand their current position, population healthcare patterns and to... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1244995 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:52:14 +0100 1244995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1240153&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F19%2Flost-low-earners-and-the-elderly-care-market%2F ‘Lost: low earners and the elderly care market’, from the think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at low earners and how they fare in the elderly care system. It identifies that social care for older people rarely receives the political attention it should. The Government’s recent commitment to a Green Paper on social care provides the opportunity for elderly care to become centre stage. Theis report establishes how low earners fare in the elderly care system. It identifies that: Low earners tend to be older than average, and more likely to own their own homes. They also hold disproportionately more of their wealth in housing assets (as opposed to liquid savings) than other income groups. Are less likely that higher earners to prepare financially for retirement through... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1240153 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:51:13 +0100 1240153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1215199&cid=t_112989_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2Fhonest-nitschke.html Philip Nitschke, as I have repeatedly written, believes essentially in death on demand. He says so again in the wake of the suicide of woman he "counseled:""Nitschke insisted that healthy people of sound mind, who were mature enough, should have the right to take their own lives if that's what they wanted. "Yes, otherwise it effectively disregards and disrespects their views," he told AAP. "We are not uncomfortable with this debate going on." Nitschke, who is on tour in New Zealand, was commenting after the Sunday Star Times newspaper published details about a physically healthy 68-year-old woman who took her own life. The woman killed herself in her Wellington home with drugs she smuggled in from Mexico after seeking advice from Nitschke's euthanasia group, Exit International. A friend cl... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1215199 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:50:00 +0100 1215199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1187096&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csci.org.uk%2FFiles%2F20080128_State_of_sociaL_care_2006_07_Summary.mp3 Giving a comprehensive overview of the social care sector in England ‘The state of social care in England 2006-07 (Executive Summary)’ the Annual Report of the Commission for Social Care Inspection follows concerns raised by the Commission last year, and explores the experiences of people not deemed eligible for state-supported social care. It shows that many younger disabled people and frail older people are being ‘signposted’ to voluntary services. Many are forced to rely on help from family and informal arrangements which can break down at short notice. People unable to rely on families or friends and unable to pay for care services themselves are simply left to cope with everyday life, while some become virtually trapped in their own home.Local authorities are increasin... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1187096 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:08:00 +0100 1187096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1104288&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fcaring-for-vulnerable-babies-the-reorganisation-of-neonatal-services-in-england%2F (Executive Summary) considers if the reorganisation of neonatal services in England has helped improve care for premature and low birth weight babies with fewer babies travelling long distances for suitable treatment. The National Audit Office in it find that further improvements to the service are being limited by shortages in nursing staff, a lack of cots in the right place at the right level of care and a lack of widespread specialist 24 hour transport. They also provide a comparison with international neonatal services via RAND Europe: The provision of neonatal services and the Survey of Neonatal Units in England by the National Audit Office upon which the report is based. Every year around 10 per cent, or 60,000, newborn babies require some form of specialized neonatal care. And t... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1104288 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:01:54 +0100 1104288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049831&cid=t_112989_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F26%2Fclinical-guidelines-intravenous-immunoglobulin%2F provide guidance on appropriate use of immunoglobulin products and a framework for the promotion of evidence based clinical practice to help improve consistency in patient care. The guidelines support the Demand management plan for immunoglobulin use use makes recommendations on appropriate indications for immunoglobulin and the processes to be implemented by Trusts or SHAs to ensure that immunoglobulin is used appropriately by means of local Immunoglobulin Assessment Panels. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049831 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:19:20 +0100 1049831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551369&cid=t_112989_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fjust-click-damn-link-my-fellow-nevadans.html Eventful - Demand - Ducky DooLittle in Reno, Nevada, USAtag: Eventful, Demand, Ducky DooLittle, Reno, NevadaYou can syndicate this site using our atom feed. (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551369 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551369