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Aiding decision making for baby Charlotte and baby Luke (p 1462)
An editorial in this week's issue of THE LANCET discusses the complex issues surrounding decisions to withhold medical treatment for profoundly ill patients, recently highlighted by the UK cases of 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt and 9-month-old Luke Winston-Jones.   view more (2004-10-20)

Resolving the ethical pitfalls of intimate examinations
Intimate examinations are one of patients’ greater worries. In this week’s BMJ, readers respond to a survey of medical students published earlier this year, which suggested that many examinations are carried out without adequate patient consent.   view more (2003-06-12)

Emergency hospital team halves cardiac arrest deaths
Early intervention by a medical emergency team can reduce deaths from unexpected cardiac arrest in hospital by half, finds a study in this week's BMJ.   view more (2002-02-13)

Possibility that up to a quarter of intimate examinations performed by trainees are conducted without consent
A survey of medical students in this week's BMJ suggests that as many as a quarter of the intimate examinations, which they performed on anaesthetised patients, are carried out without adequate consent from the patient. The study was conducted after students at the University of Bristol expressed... view more (2003-01-08)

Concern over safety of commercial ultrasound scans
Expectant parent' desire to see images of their unborn children has given rise to commercial companies offering keepsake ultrasound scans without medical supervision, often referred to as "boutique ultrasonography."   view more (2007-02-06)

Intimate examinations should not be performed without consent
Intimate examinations, performed by medical students on anaesthetised patients, are often carried out without adequate consent from patients, but this violates their basic human rights and should not be allowed, claims an editorial in the July issue of Student BMJ.   view more (2008-06-20)

Study raises concerns over publication of unethical research
Forty per cent of research papers published in five American medical journals failed to report ethical approval or informed consent, despite the fact that all journals explicitly ask authors to document approval, finds a study in this week's BMJ. This raises concerns about the protection of human... view more (2001-08-08)

Patient privacy assured by electronic censor
Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data.   view more (2008-07-24)

Sheffield engineers have big ideas for the latest in medical scanners
Engineers at the University of Sheffield and STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratories have developed one of the World's largest imagers that could form the heart of future medical scanners.   view more (2008-02-13)

Scottish mountain rescue teams need better medical training
Mountain rescue teams need to be better trained to cope with medical emergencies in such challenging conditions, suggests research in Emergency Medicine Journal. The author analysed mountain rescue team responses to 622 emergency call-outs made by mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands in 1998 and... view more (2003-05-13)

Controversy over what your doctor should learn
The current fashion in teaching doctors, which allows medical students to decide what they want to learn and how to go about it, is strongly criticised in a paper published in the British Medical Journal this week (10th July 2004). The authors argue that the new ideology may damage medical training... view more (2004-07-07)

Better use of telephones by doctors could provide patients with real benefits
More effective use of the telephone could improve the service given by health professionals to the public according to researchers from Imperial College London and St George's Hospital Medical School. Their review published in today's British Medical Journal, shows how more effective use of... view more (2003-04-30)

Cognitive tests are the best way to select medical students
Cognitive ability tests are the best way for medical schools to select their entrants, rather than interviews and psychological tests, says an editorial in this week's BMJ.   view more (2008-04-11)

Particular treatments effective for alcohol dependence
Medical management combined with the drug naltrexone or with a specialized behavioral therapy can be effective treatments for alcohol dependence.   view more (2006-05-03)
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