New focus on medical professionalism needed to improve public health
...nt and the media has demoralised professionals and devalued their own view of their profession. Horton outlines the recommendations of the RCP working party, which include the creation of a new forum for medicine and incorporation of professional values as key components in evaluating doctor's performance and...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
...oncern that breast cancer follow-up is becoming so devalued and deregulated that it puts the UKs National Cancer Plan under threat by providing neither the psychological support that patients need, nor the reliable data on which to base treatment plans which ensure low mortality and prolonged disease-free sur...