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Neurologists – an endangered species?
Irish and German neurology associations warn of an imminent shortage of neurologists. In Ireland, according to experts the situation is „lacking at best“ and „catastrophic at Read more …
Your senior doctor is watching you
Hiding behind a doctor's licence obtained years ago will no longer be tolerated in England. Senior doctors are asked to function as "responsible officers" who collect Read more …
Working around the risk: How doctors deal with the danger embedded in the medical system
Risk is an inherent element of the hospital system and the resulting dangers are often normalised by medical staff to allow them to do their job, according to research by a Read more …
New ways of working: innovation in cancer nursing practice
Change is occurring at a rapid rate in cancer care - in many European countries cancer services are now being provided primarily in an ambulatory or outpatient setting with Read more …
Burned out or bored out of your mind?
A survey by the Gallup Institute (Potsdam) revealed that only 15% of Germans consider their job satisfying; 16% have mentally handed in their notice and 69% are ‘working to rule’. Read more …
Virtual anatomy
A comprehensive knowledge of the topographic relationships of anatomical structures is a must for all doctors.
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Management Teams
Changes in the healthcare sector are presenting increasingly difficult challenges to European hospitals, but, according to the hospital chain Ategris GmbH, based in Read more …
Five win certificates in pain free hospital pilot scheme
A pain-free Hospital pilot project launched in Germany three years ago has ended with the first five of 25 hospitals being awarded a Qualified Pain Therapy certification.
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Drunken abuse and violence against hospital staff
UK – Speaking at the first National Health Service (NHS) Security Management Professionals conference in November, Rosie Winterton, the country’s Health Minister, said the number Read more …
Women in Radiology
Member of the Board of the ECR Professor Malgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, is Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Head of the Department of Interventional Radiology, at the Read more …
How to manage your radiologist
Radiology in public hospitals is under economic pressure due to limited public funding, partially decreasing radiology fees, capitation payment systems, central planning of Read more …
Controversy
The question of who should manage intensive care was hotly debated at the 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (GSTCVS); not always Read more …
Integrated care
Dr Darius Jakubowski, a perinatal specialist and former senior physician at Holweide Hospital, works for three days a week at Holweide Hospital as a resident gynaecologist. Read more …
Intensivists
Not so long ago, in addition to carrying their normal workload the surgeon, anaesthetist, lung specialist and internist worked in the intensive care unit (ICU). Now, however, the Read more …
