Irish journal of medical science
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Paediatric urology training is not a mandatory part of higher surgical training in urology in Ireland. It is predicted there will be a shortfall of surgeons trained in paediatric surgery in the coming years leading to a reliance on specialist paediatric surgical centres. ⋯ Our study demonstrates a promising desire to provide paediatric services in the future. A greater emphasis on structured paediatric urology training is required to maintain the standard currently offered by adult urologists.
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It has been recognised for some time that mortality rates vary across social class groups, with lower rates in the higher social classes. Internationally, but particularly in Ireland, many studies on the topic of inequalities in mortality have been confined to men, partly because the most frequently used socioeconomic classification, that based on occupation, can less easily be applied to women. Where research does exist, studies indicate that health inequalities are greater for men than for women. Given the issues around classification, there remains however, little knowledge of the socio-economic inequalities in female mortality in Ireland. ⋯ The results confirm international findings that women generally have smaller gradients than men across SEG with the ratio of male/female differentials (i.e. the ratio of the male SEG rate ratio to the female SEG rate ratio) decreasing between the 1980s and 2000s from 1.25 to 1.07.
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Biography Historical Article
John Bradshaw (1918-1989): putting doctors on trial.
John S. Bradshaw (1918-1989) qualified as a doctor, but spent most of his professional life as a writer and journalist. ⋯ This book was partly inspired by the writings of Ivan Illich, the Austrian priest and social philosopher. This article examines Bradshaw's life and the influence of Illich's thinking on Doctors on Trial.
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Social media is the interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and web-based networks. This year, the Irish Society of Urology (ISU) expanded its involvement in social media with a preregistered Twitter hashtag (#ISU14) for the annual meeting. ⋯ Twitter use at the ISU has been shown to facilitate interaction between delegates and allows users to follow as well as participate from afar.