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    WEB WATCH

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    A researcher posing as a middle-aged man who was already taking drugs for a heart condition found few difficulties in obtaining Viagra from one UK-based company as part of a recent Health Which? investigation into online medical sites.

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    Clwyd gives vent to private fury over shamed medics

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    I tend to be wary of public persecution of named individuals, even by politicians (or journalists) I respect. The righteous zeal of the animal rights lobby, for instance, often smacks of the hunt in full pursuit of the fox, as we are finding again this week.

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    Survey GPs positive on clinical governance

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    Letters

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    Confederation is meeting devolution head-on

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    Letters

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    Complaints flourish when communication fails

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    Letters

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    All stressed up and nowhere to go?

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    Heavy workload is often cited as a major cause of dissatisfaction and stress among GPs.

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    Seams good to us

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    Could the roles of hospital specialists and GPs be adapted to provide closer integration, better patient care and decreased waiting times? James Ward and Romesh Gupta report

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    Back-to-work basics

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Persuading healthcare professionals to return to practice met with remarkable success among one group of trusts. Claire Grout describes how they did it

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    Members of the Oxfordshire inter-trust recruitment and retention group

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    Sharon Barrington Head of physiotherapy services, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Debbie Christian Professional development nurse, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre June Davies Chief dietitian, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Nettie Dearmun Principal lecturer/senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals/Oxford Brookes University Anona Glithero Senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Claire Grout Continuing professional development pharmacist, Berkshire & Oxfordshire ...

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    Grief encounter

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    When Helen Easton's teenage son was dying from cancer, she felt isolated in her suffering. Now she is setting up a project to help others in similar circumstances

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    The gentle touch

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    Introducing palliative care Third Edition By Robert Twycross Radcliffe Medical Press 200 pages £18.85

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    Funds of all knowledge

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    GPs and purchasing in the NHS: the internal market and beyond By Bernard Dowling Ashgate 276 pages £39.95

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    First among equals

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Priority setting and the public By Penelope Mullen and Peter Spurgeon Radcliffe Medical Press 168 pages £24.50

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    In Person

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Caroline Wigley became chief executive of Birmingham Women's Health Care trust on 1 June. She has worked in the health service for 23 years and been director of operations at City Hospital, Birmingham, since 1996.

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    Events

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Items are entered free for public sector, voluntary and professional organisations, but we need at least six weeks' notice of your event. Please send details to Uli Jaeger, HSJ , Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ. Fax: 020-7874 0254.

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    Action teams to unveil first ideas

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The government's modernisation action teams meet in London today to polish their ideas before presenting them to ministers in the next fortnight.