Andrology as a Specialty Its Origin

American Society of Andrology. Its beginnings.

Occupational medicine as a specialty.

Occupational medicine is one of the more recently accepted specialties and is best defined by the social context in which it is practiced. The current structure of the specialty is more easily understood in the light of its historical background. Occupational medicine brings together knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines which is reflected in its academic and research bases. A great var...

Plastic surgery: a specialty on its knees.

I Department of Health and Social Security. Human fertilization and embryolorj: a framework for egislation. London: HMSO, 1987. (Cmnd 259.) 2 Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology. Report. London: HMSO, 1984. (Warnock report.) 3 Anonymous. BMA response to DHSS consultation document "Legislation on human infertility services and embryo research." BrMedJ 1987;294:1303-5. 4 ...

Rural medicine: its own specialty?

Paediatrics as a Small and Isolated Specialty

scrutiny (and it seems likely that many will not) then they are likely to be very diVerent. The HEFCE RAE rears its head yet again. The problem is for the university funded (as opposed to the NHS funded) clinical lecturer posts. The diYculty is quite simply that very few incumbents are sufficiently established in their research careers to allow them to be declared as ‘research active’ at the RA...