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Swearing is cool right now. Medical oaths and declarations, signed or sworn at graduations and other ceremonial occasions, have never been more popular than the present. (1) The number of [...]

My four week elective in Dhaka was often enjoyable and always educational. My exposure to some of the problems faced by the city and its population provided a valuable learning [...]

Exhibition: Fruitmarket Gallery, Market Street, Edinburgh, tel 0131 225 2383, www.fruitmarket.co.uk, until the end of April DVD and book package: £15, ISBN 0 94791 218 5, available from be Fruitmarket [...]

Ian Bickle Paul Hamilton David McClusky Barry Kelly Pas Test. 2001, £11.95 ISBN 1901198863 Rating: *** There is a new contender in the fight for a place in your white [...]

Barbican Art Gallery, London Until 23 December 2001 www.barbican.org.uk or 020 7382 7105 Being confronted by Andres Serrano's 'Blood and Semen II' is an unsettling experience. The magnified image places [...]

The spirit of 19th century quackery wafts from the ghost-like images of old medicine bottles created by artist Michelle Charles. The 'photograms' in this free exhibition, entitled Secret Remedies, have [...]

1 December will mark the thirteenth World AIDS Day and the culmination of the 2001 World AIDS Campaign. The purpose of World AIDS Day is to raise awareness of the [...]

The article looks at British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's proposal to charge foreign visitors and migrants for using emergency and primary healthcare services. Topics covered include Hunt's assertion that his proposal might lead to significant savings for the National Health Service (NHS), British Medical Association (BMA) chairman Mark Porter's claim that the proposed charges may pose public health risk, and the issue of fairness and social exclusion arising from Hunt's plans.

Analyzes the value of BSc programs in the history of medicine in Great Britain. Purpose of the BSc programs; Benefits of the program; Implications for the knowledge of medical practitioners in the region.

The author reflects on comments made by British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as a guest on the television program "Question Time" on charging patients for missed appointments in general practice (GP). Topics discussed include people at risk of missing appointments such as poor people and those with mental health problems, his comments on the cost of missed GP appointments to the National Health Service (NHS), and how an appointment based system works.

Reviews the paintings 'Blood and Semen II', 'Piss Christ' and 'Material and Sexual Body by Andres Serrano.

Focuses on the celebration of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2001 in Great Britain. Increase the awareness of the disease; Culmination of the 2001 World AIDS Day Campaign; Role of men in the AIDS epidemic.

Relates the struggle of the medical student Ann Brodski in pursue of her medical studies and seek an asylum in Great Britain. Family experience in seeking an asylum; Application of Brodski to medical school; Appeal on the imminent deportation of the family.

Reviews the British television documentary 'Joined: The World of Siamese Twins,' which follows Allison and David Lawler through the pregnancy and birth of their conjoined twin daughters.