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Editor: Kevin Kelleher	May 2005	Index of Articles
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Geriatrics in Europe	President's Column	Editorial Column
It is appropriate that around the time that the electoral parties postured over great European integration More >>	We are making considerable headway, translating our strategic plan for the Society More >>	I was thinking I would say, I was singing, "The Wild Rover", as I arrived, an iteinerant BGS delegate More >>
The specialist health needs of older people outside hospital	Why I went into research by Martin Wilson	Knowledge test for SpRs
This month's feature is the revised BGS compendium policy on care of older people outside an acute hospital setting More >>	Like many of those who have featured in this column before me, my reasons for going into research More >>	We are seeking volunteers to write questions for the forthcoming pilot of knowledge testing for SpRs More >>
BGS (Scotland) responds to Death with Dignity Bill	Appraisal and revalidation	Abuse of older people revised BGS policy document
Like the national BGS which recently responded to the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, BGS (Scotland) has responded to the Scottish Parliament's equivalent "Death with Dignity" Bill More >>	Consultant appraisal, in simple terms, is about good medical care and job plan review. It gives both appraisee and appraiser an opportunity to reflect on the consultant's work. More >>	The BGS released its revised policy document following a House of Commons report suggesting that as many as 500,000 older people are being abused in England at any one time More >>
EUropean forum for primary care is launched	2005 Spring Meeting - Birmingham
Strong primary care produces better health outcomes against lower costs. By promoting primary care, the population's health can be improved. Strong primary care does not happen spontaneously. It requires appropriate conditions at the health care system level More >>	After a break of 17 years, we're back in Birmingham for the Spring BGS meeting, organised again by Alistair Ritch - same organiser, but what a different city! More >>
Professional values in medicine	In Memoriam Leo Wollner	Scientific aspects of ageing evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee
It is said that being a member of a profession involves a partly unwritten contract with society. In exchange for controlling or discovering the use of complex specialist knowledge and retaining the privilege of self regulation, the profession guarantees its members will be competent, altruistic and act with integrity More >>		The study of the biological processes of ageing will lead to a greater understanding of the mechanisms of ageing, thus unlocking potential areas for therapeutic advance in the preventsion and treatment of diseases in later life. More >>
What shall we do with the Father Figures?	NHS Continuing Care BGS submission to the House of Commons Health Committee	DoH launches major oral history project
The principal responsibility of the BGS Father Figures has been to suggest colleagues who were worthy of serious consideration for distinction awards, now re-named Clinical Excellence Awards More>>	The BGS responded to the written Ministerial Statement on NHS Continuing Care, issued by Dr Stephen Ladyman More>>	A major new project from the DoH will celebrate the contribution made by people from the Carribbean Commonwealth in the early years of the NHS More >>
Public Health Govt White Paper	Stroke Units: research and reality	Staff and Associate Specialists
The BGS welcomes the aspiration of the White Paper to move towards health promotion as a complementary strategy to disease management, but More >>	There is strong evidence that organised stroke care reduces mortality and morbidity from stroke More>>	Slowly but surely a more comprehensive list of SAS doctors working in elderly care medicine is being compiled More >>
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