A nice try
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The UK government has launched a new assessment body which will evaluate new drugs and rationalize their use throughout the country, making it less of a lottery for patients seeking certain, expensive drug therapies. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) will be a totally impartial body which will consider a wide range of treatments and establish clear guidelines for the prescribing and use of each drug or therapy. One of the first therapies to be considered with be beta interferon, which is crucial for the improved life quality of patients with multiple sclerosis, although a years treatment per patient costs up to 10,000 pounds sterling.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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The house that Matt built
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Both medical and social issues are being tackled by UK army medical staff in the war-torn country of Bosnia in Eastern Europe. Captain Matt Kiernan is involved in a morale building project with local people, many of whom have been driven from their homes and their livelihoods destroyed. Kiernan believes the army can help people socially as well as protect them during times of war. Army volunteers are taking it upon themselves to help local people re-build their homes, using skills they have learnt both in combat and during peace time.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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A few mistakes too many
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An inquiry in to the case of Justine Cummings who killed her fiance Peter Lewis by stabbing him in the heart, has been investigating the course of events which led to the murder. Cummings, who was described by her psychiatrist as having an 'emotionally unstable personality disorder of borderline type', became involved with a nurse at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Kent prior to her release.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2000
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