Medico-Legal Category

Looking at how the legal and medical professions work together to improve patient safety.

The role of doctors in the assisted dying debate

Assisted living, Mental Health, Neurology
Could Electrotherapy Help Treat Anorexia Nervosa?
Electrotherapy is already being used to treat a range of health ailments from migraine to depression and even potentially dementia. Here we talk to Anorexia expert Dr Lorna Richards, Consultant …
Ageing
Aspects of Age
A new exhibition ‘Aspects of Age’ opening this week at the Royal College of Nursing reflects how the way we care for older people has changed, over two centuries, shifting …
Ageing, Assisted living, Nursing
Frailty is still assessed only in terms …
Frailty may still be primarily viewed only in terms of physical health – and not all physical, social, mental and environmental domains of frailty may be routinely assessed, according to …
Driving, First Aid
12 driving hazards you need to know
Diabetes, Mental Health
How depression links to diabetes