One of the issues that was succinctly articulated into the consensus statement that was produced at the second African Regional World Organization of Family Doctors’ (WONCA) Conference which was held in Rustenburg, South Africa (October 2009) was the leadership role of the Family Physician in Primary Care in the African context. Part of the Statement highlighted the fact that the Family Physici...

1866 he used to get up every morning at six in order to get from Bath to his classes in Bristol punctually. In 1869 he went to Edinburgh to complete his course, and qualified there in 1872. He was House Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, a Fellow of the Edinburgh Botanical Society and President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. In 1875 he returned to Clifton and two years late...

Certified Occupational Physician System (COPS) of Japan Society for Occupational Health has been in existence for 21 years, since 1992. UOEH has supported this system as a secretary general. In this report, we review the 2012 revision of COPS. With the new title of Certified Associate Occupational Physician (CAOP), this revision was established to produce well-educated and experienced occupatio...

A nationwide survey of county departments of social services revealed a need for medical services and consultation to child protection units. Over 92% of the 84 counties surveyed stated they had a problem meeting their medical needs and would be willing to hire a physician assistant as medical consultant to their county's child protection team. No county refused to consider a physician assistan...

315 S. F. Hain, FRCAP, Counsultant Physician M. J. O’Doherty, MD, FRCP, Senior Lecturer in Radiological Sciences Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH and East Kent Hospitals Trust, UK. M. A. Smith, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Department of Orthopaedics, Guy’s Hospital, 1st Floor, Thomas Guy House, St Thomas’ Street, London S...

Kristin J. Konnyu is a Research Coordinator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Edmund Kwok is a resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. Becky Skidmore is an independent research and Information consultant. David Moher is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute an...

Daniel Rubin, ND Dr. Rubin is a consultant and practicing physician of oncology and integrative medicine. He is the past medical director for the Being Alive Wellness Center and the medical program of AIDS Project Arizona. In 1999 he helped found the Aidan Cancer Treatment Center and was medical director and director of clinical research. Rubin is also the founding president of the Oncology Ass...

BACKGROUND An important principle underlying the Dutch Euthanasia Act is physicians' responsibility to alleviate patients' suffering. The Dutch Act states that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not punishable if the attending physician acts in accordance with criteria of due care. These criteria concern the patient's request, the patient's suffering (unbearable and hopeless), the in...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the barriers to practising as a rural consultant physician. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey. PARTICIPANTS All 981 practising consultant physicians in Victoria, Australia, who were Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1999; 52 (100%) of rural physicians and 634 (68.2%) of metropolitan physicians completed the survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES De...