Looking after your own

How to look after your patients by looking after yourself.

I t is sometimes said that the vocation of being a doctor would be simply marvellous if it wasn’t for the patients—who seem to get in the way of doing one’s job properly. Repeatedly the literature suggests that a major cause of burnout in professions that involve much dealing with the public is the emotional demands of such encounters. Yet despite the new emphasis on patient communication in va...

Paint Your Own Pictures

In these days when everyone seems interested in "art therapy" this book is very timely and it is of special interest to our readers that the author has had considerable experience with psychiatric patients. He has dedicated it to Dr.

Grow-your-own synapses

cientists have discovered a new function for amyloid precursor protein (APP), a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The finding may reveal how APP gets mixed up with the enzymes that make it go bad. APP has an evil reputation. The and secretases transform it into amyloidpeptide, a component of the plaques that riddle the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. Previous work by Larry Goldstein (Univesi...

Doing Your Own Benchmark

Make Your Own Paper

Materials Scrap paper torn into 1” x 1” (2.5 cm x 2.5 cm) pieces (paper towels, construc tion paper, and toilet paper work well; a large bowl; a wooden frame 5” x 7” (13 cm x 18 cm) or 8” x 10” (20 cm x 25 cm); nylon or wire screen; staples; a plastic basin at least 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) in capacity, that is larger than the frame; cloth dishtowels (felt, blotting paper, or newspaper may subs...