Junior doctors' experience of percutaneous liver biopsy: a questionnaire survey

Workplace bullying in junior doctors: questionnaire survey.

Although the rate of hepatitis B immunisation of patients with chronic renal failure in the United Kingdom has improved in recent years, most renal units still fail to follow current guidance. Partial coverage is the norm, and outmoded regimens are still used. The shared care management of immunisation may be one solution, although this requires good collaboration between primary and specialist...

Hospital autopsy: standardised questionnaire survey to determine junior doctors' perceptions.

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role of percutaneous liver biopsy

Doctors' health-seeking behaviour: a questionnaire survey.

OBJECTIVES To explore doctors' perceptions of the acceptable limits to self-treatment and to identify barriers to doctors seeking appropriate healthcare. DESIGN Self-completion, postal survey using three hypothetical case vignettes. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 896 Australian doctors randomly selected from the Health Insurance Commission database and stratified by sex, discipline (general pract...

Role of Percutaneous Liver Biopsy

We read the interesting study by Szymczak et al. (1) regarding the safety and effectiveness of a blind per-cutaneous liver biopsy, where they concluded that the failure rate and the risk of complications are low if indications and contraindications are carefully considered. Moreover, these authors emphasize how important it is that biopsies are performed by skilled and experienced operators. Th...