Why our farming patients are at an increased risk of taking their own lives this year

B Osborne - British Journal of General Practice, 2013 - bjgp.org
For most of us, May has brought a welcome respite from the cold and it was a real joy to see
the Spring flowers burst into life and watch the swallows swoop overhead after their long …

Regulating doctors: should we swallow Dame Janet's medicine?

J Osborne, B Osborne - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Harold Shipman's murderous trail has forever altered the relationship between doctors and
patients in this country. A cunning and determined psychopath outwitted his patients, …

A nose for trouble

BV Osborne - British Journal of General Practice, 2012 - bjgp.org
British Journal of General Practice, December 2012 653 we record our case histories we
include that which the patient has told us (auditory) and that which we have seen (visual) or …

Mangin on QOF

B Osborne - British Journal of General Practice, 2007 - bjgp.org
The editorial by Mangin and Toop, 1 describes how the QOF has made British GPs into
government data collectors and agents of pharmaceutical companies. QOF does not measure …

Misleading normal findings after the inhalation of a radio-opaque foreign body

BV Osborne, JE Osborne - The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1985 - cambridge.org
Discussion This case illustrates the need for bronchoscopy in anyone who may have inhaled
a foreign body. A normal chest X-ray does not exclude this possibility. In a series of 50 …

The hidden hazards of spring: why pregnant women and the immunocompromised should avoid lambing

B Osborne - British Journal of General Practice, 2015 - bjgp.org
There are 41 000 sheep farms in the UK on which around 14 million ewes lamb between
January and April. The majority of ewes lamb unaided, but around 5% require assistance …

Suicide risk among farmers

B Osborne - The Veterinary Record, 2014 - search.proquest.com
Suicide risk among farmers Conditions associated withMycoplasma bovis Page 1 22 |
Veterinary Record | January 4, 2014 vmd.defra.gov.uk); since then, the number of reports we …

David George Edwin Wood

B Osborne - 2020 - bmj.com
After qualifying David George Edwin Wood (“Woody”) moved to Bangor, north Wales, where
he rapidly became a GP trainer and course organiser, before moving to Llys Meddyg in …

Letter from Nepal

B Osborne - British Journal of General Practice, 2016 - bjgp.org
’Kay bayho?’(What’s the problem?) I ask, smiling at the child before me, who has purple
cheeks and mucus running down his upper lip. He looks back at me blankly: he is only 5 years …

Welsh Sessional GP Course

B Osborne, E Roderick - Education for Primary Care, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Of 2700 GPs on the Welsh Performers’ list, some 670 (24.8%) are sessional. Although the
Welsh Sessional GP Course was initially aimed at newly qualified GPs, all are now welcome …