Understanding of the role of medicine in society Flashcards
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- What is wrong with the NHS?
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- What problems are there in the NHS other than the lack if funding?
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3
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- What relevance has the Hippocrates oath to modern-day medicine?
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- What would you prefer in a doctor? Bad communication skills with good clinical skills or good communication skills with bad clinical skills? Why?
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- Would you argue that medicine is a science or an art, and why?
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- How do politics influence health care provision? Is it inevitable?
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- Why do you think we hear so much about doctors and the NHS in the media today?
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- Do you think doctors should set a good example to their patients in their own lives? How or why might this be difficult?
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- In what ways do you think doctors can promote good health, other than direct treatment of illness?
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10
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- Do you think doctors and the NHS get a bad press, and if so, why?
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- From what you have read and found out, where do you see the health service going?
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- What are the arguments for and against non-essential surgery being available on the NHS?
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- What does the current government see as the national priorities in health care? Do you agree with these?
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- How should the health service achieve a balance between promoting good health, and in treating ill health?
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- What do you think are the similarities and differences between being a doctor today and being a doctor 50 years ago?
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- Should doctors have a role in regulating contact sports, such as boxing?
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