Stories
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Why I don’t like prescribing sleeping pills
Sleeping pills often seem a simple option for aiding sleep or when dealing with anxiety, but there are many risks, and our anonymous GP is not afraid to say no to patients.
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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Vaccinating a community, saving lives
Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
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Prescribing practice and drug usage / edited by Roy Mapes.
Date: [1980], ©1980- Archives and manuscripts
Hughes, J. S. and Crawford Litte, J. - An Appraisal of the Continuing Practice of Prescribing Tranquillizing Drugs for Long-stay Psychiatric Patients
Date: 1967Reference: DGH1/6/18/102Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
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Competence to Practice (inc nurses prescribing) (C.7)
Date: 1973-1975Reference: SA/MWF/H.30Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
Prescribing learning : a guide to good practice in learning and health / Kathryn James.
James, Kathryn, 1960-Date: 2001- Books
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A treatise on homoeopathic practice of medicine : comprised in a repertory for prescribing, adapted to domestic or professional use / by Hunting Sherrill.
Sherrill, Hunting, 1783-1866.Date: 1854