We surveyed Accident and Emergency (A&E) consultants in England by questionnaire, on their management of patients presenting with AF. Completed questionnaires were received from 124 (45%). Most (42%) would use digoxin as first-line treatment for rate control of AF; 28% would not treat AF acutely but would refer the patient to the medical team; 59% would cardiovert a patient with AF in A&E, if t...

Abstract Using the city of Bangalore as a specific instance, this article puts together framework metabolic cities and techno-spheres to show how ecology infrastructure constituted colonial cities. Divided between cantonment governed by British petah or native market town/village Mysore prince, medics were concerned numerous diseases affecting city. Attempts control flows water from town proved...

UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005) was drawn up by an independent panel of experts (the International Bioethics Committee) and negotiated by member states. UNESCO aimed for a participatory and transparent drafting process, holding national and regional consultations and seeking the views of various interest groups, including religious and spiritual ones. Further...

The phrase ‘recruitment crisis’ in psychiatry is unfortunately not an alien concept, with the number of UK graduates entering psychiatry not matching workforce needs. In fact, recruitment ‘crisis’ is perhaps a misnomer, as recruitment into psychiatry has been consistently low at around 4% of UK graduates since the 1970s (Goldacre 2005). In the past, overseas recruits to the specialty have compe...