It's important for patients to understand as much about their disease or medical condition as possible. The information that you find here on diseases and conditions has been written for the benefit of non-medical laypersons by Dr Tim Kenny BMedSci, MB BS, MRCGP, DCH who has had 10 years experience as a GP principal.
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Source material on which the disease and condition information pages are based usually comprises:
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Recently published review articles which are identified in standard medical journals such as the BMJ, Lancet, etc.
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Any recently published guideline from a reputable organisation such as NICE, SCHIN, SIGN, and professional organisations such as the RCGP.
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References are given for each page, many of which are linked online directly to the full text source of the article of guideline.
The patient information pages are copyright © EMIS and Patient Information Publications 1997-2007.
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