Desmond O’Neill: 50 shades of stroke

Language in Ireland can be tricky and subtle, with many shades of meaning possible for even simple words such as “stroke,” as our minister for health discovered to his chagrin in the last few weeks. A coalition government of moderately right wing and moderately left wing parties assumed office in 2011 in financially difficult circumstances, […]

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Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

The timing of organ donation requests and who is making the request may influence a family’s decision to donate a dying relative’s organs. This is the conclusion of a BMJ study. The study found that an organ donation request should not be made at the same time as relatives are told that their relative has […]

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