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GPs ‘failing cancer patients’

margaretmccartney.com — “From the Guardian, and also making it’s way forth into the Daily Mail, the Mirror, Management in Practice, and  Pulse , amongst others. The story is apparently that “GPs are failing to identify conditions such as osteoporosis, heart disease and bowel trouble thatView full resource at margaretmccartney.com

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Most Recently Shared on September 26, 2011 at 7:05 pm By:

northerndoctor Euan Lawson Doctor and Physician

Great post by @mgtmcartney on how GPs 'failing cancer patients'. Dubious pushing of evidence 'not yet in public domain' http://t.co/qymT46jK

8 months ago...

BMJ: the scam of integrative medicine

margaretmccartney.com — “Here. (I will take down the text once have toll free link from bmj.) There’s been a shift in the world of alternative NHS medicine. I know, I know, alternative so called medicine is only medicine that doesn’t work: so howView full resource at margaretmccartney.com

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Most Recently Shared on July 16, 2011 at 8:40 am By:

northerndoctor Euan Lawson Doctor and Physician

"Interest in the whole person is what good doctors have always had." @mgtmccartney on the scam of integrative medicine http://bit.ly/pJR9OY

11 months ago...

“It is time to stop this screening nonsense”

margaretmccartney.com — “North America is not catching up: I think they are getting ahead in terms of sense about screening.  PSA screening in the UK is available, and meant to be about ‘choice’, even then health charities say they  ”Supports the rightView full resource at margaretmccartney.com

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Bayesian and needles in haystacks: why medicine is difficult to do well

margaretmccartney.com — “and why protocols are not the answer to good diagnosis and risk management. Excellent BMJ editorial telling it like it is. “identifying those febrile young children with the greatest risk for serious infection at the time of clinical presentation is like lookingView full resource at margaretmccartney.com

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Most Recently Shared on June 12, 2011 at 11:04 pm By:

doctorblogs annabel bentley Physician, Doctor, and Surgeon

Follow protocol or use deep knowledge + Bayesian reasoning? See @mgtmccartney's "Needles in haystacks" http://t.co/WCZlZsU

12 months ago...

Atos adverts tug at heartstrings

margaretmccartney.com — “At least, they try to. New style advert in the BMJ today. Previous ads have emphasised that working for Atos, as ‘disability assessors’ for their contract with the DWP, is good for ‘work life balance‘. The newly worked ad saysView full resource at margaretmccartney.com

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Most Recently Shared on June 3, 2011 at 2:03 pm By:

northerndoctor Euan Lawson Doctor and Physician

RT @mgtmccartney New style advert for doctors to work for Atos. "you could make the difference" . Really? http://tinyurl.com/69q87vn

12 months ago...