| BGS
Newsletter Online |
| Editor:
David Beaumont |
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Index
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Dignity campaign
(behind closed doors)
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President's Column |
Editorial
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In an ideal world, dignity should be a matter of common sense and old fashioned good manners
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The 2007 round of clinical excellence awards is now underway
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Lord Joffe's Bill to legalise assisted suicide of terminally ill patients will be reintroduced inot the House of Lords in 2007
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| NICE is not so nice |
Delirious about Dementia
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Hospital discharge of older people with cognitive impairment to care homes |
NICE recently issued its Final Appraisal Determination on prescribing cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's
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Cognitive impairment is a major geriatric giant, affecting at least 40% of older inpatients care for in Departments of Geriatric Medicine
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Colleagues around England have voiced considerable disquiet at their being asked for an opinion from an old age psychiatrist before the local Social Serivces or joint Health and Social Care placement panel would consider any patient with cognitive impairment
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| Nurse Consultants' column |
Staff and associate specialists |
Life as a geriatrics trainee in a teaching and research fellow post |
General update - more>>
Older people : enhancing independence, quality of life and reducing dependency on older people's care services
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There was an excellent programme at the Autumn meeting in Harrogate with clinical updates on thromboembolic disease, cataract, lung cancer and on depression and paranoia
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From the title of the job, one can deduce that responsibilities are divided between teaching and research. It is an unusual post, as many other 'out of programme' posts offer training in just one of these areas
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| BGS Autumn Meeting -
Harrogate 2006
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The selfish answer to the question, 'why do geriatrics?' might be that one wants to get a good system in place for when one is old oneself.
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| Of targets, contracts, politicians and guardians of our liberties |
British Council for Ageing launched |
Oxford Journals Online
Image/Citation download to Powerpoint feature
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It's a funny thing - targets. Like many bad ideas, they are intuitively attractive.
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The BGS, BSG and BSRA have re-launched the BCA
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OUP has a new online facility available - the Powerpoint image download feature
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| You can't climb a ladder with your hands in your pockets (book review) |
Palliative and end of life care of older people |
Good doctors, safer patients
- BGS response |
Every so often, life throws one a complete surprise.
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Good end of life care is an important component in the care of older people.
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One concern the BGS has over re-certification is that many of our members work in both acute medicine and our specialty
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| Dr Pradeep Khanna named Healthworker Champion |
Sunny Brighton in April -
BGS Spring Scientific Meeting 2007 |
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Dr Pradeep Khanna, consultant physician at Nevill Hall Hospital, has won the title of Healthworker Champion at the South Wales Echo Community Champion Awards ceremony in Cardiff
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On behalf of my colleagues on the Brighton BGS Scientific Meeting organising committee, I invite you to visit Brighton in April next year
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