A medical mixture.

Advantages: An interesting book.
Disadvantages: May require a little medical knowledge to understand some things.

...The Medical Miscellany is a book that has been written by Manoj Ramachandran (who is an orthopaedic surgeon amongst other things) and Max Ronson (who is a freelance journalist), and is as the name would suggest in a bit of a round about way - it is a miscellaneous collection of anecdotes and whimsical items that relate to the world of medicine and nursing. It looks at medical musings down...

dynamicnurse 23.07.2012 09:41 · Read review
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Lovely medicated gentle talcum powder

Advantages: It is much better than ordinary talc
Disadvantages: Nothing

...I like to use a nice medicated talcum powder and I choose to use the one from Boots the Chemist. I pay £3.10 for this talcum powder and it has got 100g in the bottle. I use this to stop chafing of my skin if it rubs together and I find this really helps to prevent this from happening. I use this talcum powder most days, especially if I am going out and the weather is warm because this is when...

randy_edith 07.03.2012 19:56 · Read review
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How ethical is medical ethics?

Advantages: A good basis to learn from.
Disadvantages: Such a huge area to begin looking in to!

...Written by Tony Hope and published by the Oxford University Press back in 2004, this book is called Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. It is part of a very extensive series of books that all come under the 'Very Short Introduction' styling, and includes other books such as Classics; Darwin; Shakespeare; Roman Britain; Mathematics; The Tudors; Evolution, and so on - in other words...

dynamicnurse 27.02.2012 13:19 · Read review
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