| BGS
Newsletter Online |
| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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Behind closed doors
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President's Column |
Editorial
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We all take going to the toilet in private for granted - it is a marker of civilised society. So why, in care settings, should our expectations change?
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Deborah Sturdy's comment on dignity in care
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It is time to start thinking of applying for a Clinical Excellence Award in the 2008 round. Details of the relevant dates for BGS nominations
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This month's letters page features a letter from David Griffith regarding an item in the November issue in response to NICE guidance on Cholinesterase inhibitors
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Letters to the Editor
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Jed Rowe
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A few conversations with Jed (and one or two of his instant lectures) were all that it took to become infected with his enthusiasm for geriatrics
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| BGS strengthens links with CME Journal in Geriatric Medicine |
Trainees page |
Joint Committee on Human Rights hears evidence on older people in healthcare |
Individual specialty organisations such as the BGS are being encouraged by the various Royal Colleges to develop a portfolio for delivering CME relevant to the specialty
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As a committee, we take leave of David Hargroves and Shakeel Ahmed
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On 14 May, Prof Crome and others gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights as part of the latter's inquiry into the human rights of older people in health care
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Tom Wilson
In memoriam
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EUGMS |
Elderly Care on the island of St Helena |
I speak as a friend and former colleague of this humble Giant, Thomas Scott Wilson, known to us all as TOM, who recently died, aged 89 years
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It is my hope that we can have access to a geriatrician on a regular basis, largely through tele-medicine, backed up by a visit every couple of years More>> |
| BGS Spring Meeting 2007 |
The Diacard Diabetes and Nutrition Study |
The National Council for Palliative Care launches 2-year dementia project |
"All old people are different, which is why they are interesting."
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In late summer 2007, the DiaCarb Diabetes and Nutrition Study is due to commence in the UK. This is an international multicentre study
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January 2007 saw the start of the National Council for Palliative Care's new two year dementia project to promote increased and better quality palliative care for people living with dementia
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| Taiwan Episode 2 |
John Gladman and Maeve Rea took up the reins in the second teaching week of the Taiwanese fellowship programme
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