Scottish Medical Journal 

May 2004

Volume 49, Number 2

Comments

Physician or medical technocrat?

B Ashworth

Sleeping with a brain that dissociates

A Chaudhuri

 

Original Articles

Death by suicide in Grampian 1991-1999: Comparison with a previous study

KS Nicoll, MA McGee, JS Callender

Consultants in NHS Scotland: A survey of work commitments, remuneration, job satisfaction and retirement plans

FH French, JE Andrew, M Awramenko, H Coutts, L Leighton-Beck, J Mollison, G Needham, A Scott, KA Walker

Improvements in carotid endarterectomy in Scotland: Results of a national prospective study

JP Pell, R Slack, M Dennis, G Welch

Impact of alcohol related disease and inpatient workload of gastroenterologists in Scotland

WS Hislop, RC Heading

What does GP out of hours care cost? An analysis of different models of out of hours care in Scotland

A Scott, S Simoens, D Heaney, CA O'Donnell, H Thomson, KJ Moffat, S Ross, N Drummond

Monitoring mortality in general practice in Grampian, Scotland

AW Nimmo, G Peterkin, DR Coid

 

Network

999 Ambulance or blue-light taxi service? The South Glasgow experience

GM Cowan, MWG Gordon, PT Munro

Beta-interferon use in multiple sclerosis: Audit of practice in Grampian

SA Ross, RJ Coleman, J Webster

Short stay head injuries and the Accident and Emergency department

B Patterson, M Ramdarshan, W Morrison

Near patient monitoring of anticoagulant therapy in general practice

BM Goudie, KL Danskin, SS Al-Agilly, G Fairfield, AD Cunningham JE McGregor, PG Cachia

Four-year prospective audit of tonsillectomy practice in Argyll and Clyde

A Robertson, B Wallace, A White

Prospective audit of the management of head injuries in a small district general hospital

DA Stewart, PJ Finn

 

Case reports

Deafness in a young musician: A case of missed diagnosis

JR Newton, KD Morley, SSM Hussain

Giant submucosal colonic lipomata: Report of a case and review of the literature

DA Montgomery, J Reidy

 

History

The Chain Saw - A Scottish Invention

M Skippen, J Kirkup, RM Maxton, SW McDonald