The retraction of many papers authored by Professor Joachim Boldt has refocused attention on the longstanding crystalloid-colloid debate. On 28 October 2010 Professor Steven Shafer, editor of Anesthesia and Analgesia, published the first in a series of retractions of papers of which Professor Boldt is an author (Shafer, 2010).

BACKGROUND: Doctor performance assessments based on multi-source feedback (MSF) are increasingly central in professional self-regulation. Research has shown that simple MSF is often unproductive. It has been suggested that MSF should be delivered by a facilitator and combined with a portfolio. AIMS: To compare three methods of MSF for consultants ...

Forensic psychiatry has evolved into a recognized specialty. Two core competencies, often overlooked but commonplace in forensic psychiatry, are the constructing of forensic reports and the presenting of oral testimony. This article concerns the written forensic report and conceptualizes it as performative writing. We first review the development of the ...

As forensic psychiatry has matured into a well-recognized subspecialty, considerable agreement about the format and content of reports has emerged. Griffith et al. now turn their attention to the art of forensic writing. Their description of the forensic report as "performative narrative" may help to refine professional practice so long ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to highlight recent English-language literature in the history of psychiatry, with a special emphasis on the history of forensic psychiatry. It considers publications from 2008 and early 2009, as well as a few important older works that have not yet been ...

OBJECTIVES: To explore how GP-led melanoma follow-up had actually worked from the perspective of GPs by exploring in detail the practical experience of GPs running the programme. DESIGN: Semi-structured audio-taped telephone interviews with GPs delivering a GP-led follow-up programme for people with cutaneous malignant melanoma. SUBJECTS: Seventeen GPs currently delivering ...

There is a widespread similarity between diagnoses in general psychiatry compared with those found in forensic psychiatry. Consequently, forensic psychiatrists face serious cases that need to undergo treatment by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Although it is a well known and valid treatment, ECT is rarely applied to forensic-psychiatric patients or prisoners ...

The rise of modern neuroscience is transforming psychiatry and other behavioral sciences. Neuroscientific progress also has had major impact in forensic neuropsychiatric practice, resulting in the increased use of neuroscientific technologies in cases of a psychiatric-legal nature. This article is focused on the impact of neuroscientific progress in forensic psychiatry ...

The forensic psychiatrist's task is often considered to be tightly connected to the concept of free will. Yet, there is also a lack of clarity about the role of the concept of free will in forensic psychiatry. Recently, Morse has argued that forensic psychiatrists should not mention free will in ...

A tight economy and stricter disclosure rules on CEO compensation don't seem to have tamped down the trend for extravagant paydays. Eleven of the 30 CEOs in Modern Healthcare's annual report on executive pay made $10 million or more. But not everything was up. "Incentive payouts, as a percentage of ...

Significant proportion of patients seen in the general hospital setting with organic pathologies suffer from one form of psychiatric complication or the other. Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry, a sub-specialization of mental healthcare involves a close collaboration between psychiatrists and non-psychiatric clinicians or other health workers in the management of general hospital ...

Transference and countertransference issues arising in the context of consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry could be more complex than originally assumed since they include reactions evoked within the frame of a unique "therapeutic triangle" of the patient, the physician, and the C-L psychiatrist. A clinical vignette illustrates how the projective identification process ...

Authorship in forensic psychiatry is a life-long commitment to learning, creativity, and professional growth. Forensic psychiatrists are writers, by choice and by necessity. The key concepts to effective writing in forensic psychiatry are "process" and a "workman-like approach." The process of writing is not a dash to the finish line, ...

This article takes stock of how far the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry has come since its inception in the 20th century. In order to do this, we review its past in terms of its knowledge base in psychosomatic medicine and in terms of its practice at the bedside in the ...

OBJECTIVE: Forensic psychiatry was officially recognized as a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties in the 1990's. In 1994, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) gave its first written examination to certify forensic psychiatrists. In 1996, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) began to ...

The implications of the definition of forensic psychiatry are explored, with particular reference to the field as a subspecialty of general psychiatry. The allegation of undue moral uncertainty in forensic psychiatry is denied and the moral issues are revealed to be related to the status of the underlying philosophical disputes. ...

A survey was conducted of the domiciliary consultation service provided in one health district in order to identify the pattern of referral by specialty, the reasons for the consultation and its outcome and to determine whether the service is realizing its original objectives.The district domiciliary consultation service was used in ...

The field of forensic psychiatry is not always compatible with legalities in our court system, causing some cases to be in a "gray" area. A case is presented, demonstrating shortcomings of the M'Naghten rule, which is meant to protect the mentally ill person from being incarcerated when he is not ...

In late 1971 410 consultant general surgeons and urologists-74% of a national random sample-responded to a postal survey about vasectomy. Probably about 50,000 vasectomies were performed by surgeons in England and Wales in 1970. The service was largely a private one: 60% of consultants' hospital vasectomies were not done under ...

This is the home page of David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry links website. The page is maintained by David Willshire, a specialist psychologist in Clinical Psychology and in Forensic Psychology based in Melbourne, Australia. Content of the site includes information on numerous aspects of forensic psychology from psychiatry and ...