The bitter pill : an insider's shocking expos�e of the Irish health system /
Doctor X.
The bitter pill : an insider's shocking expos�e of the Irish health system / Doctor X. - Dublin : Hodder Headline Ireland, 2007. - 251 p. ; 20 cm.
Contains a reproduction of the transcript of Susie Long\'s letter to RTE�\'s \'Liveline\' (Jan. 07).
Prologue: The reasons why -- 1.Overview: broken parts -- 2.The two-tier system of healthcare -- 3.The consultant dilemma -- 4.Radiology: the broken cog in the machine -- 5.Dirt and bugs -- 6.On-call: a personal experience of fatigue -- 7.Working with fatigue -- 8.The failures of geriatric healthcare -- 9.Mental health - a neglected service -- 10.We are not racists, but ... -- 11.The bedlam of bureaucracy -- 12.Lost in translation: the growing communication gap -- 13.Solutions.
The author describes the problems from within the Irish health system using personal experience, along with that of his colleagues, to highlight the day-to-day realities crippling the system.
9780340951323 (pbk.) : �8.99 9780340951323 (pbk.) �12.98
National health services--Ireland
Public health--Ireland
Health services administration--Ireland
Health and Wellbeing.
Memoirs
Medical profession
Health systems & services
Public health & preventive medicine
Ireland
Personal & public health
Hospital infections
RA273
362.109417 DOC
The bitter pill : an insider's shocking expos�e of the Irish health system / Doctor X. - Dublin : Hodder Headline Ireland, 2007. - 251 p. ; 20 cm.
Contains a reproduction of the transcript of Susie Long\'s letter to RTE�\'s \'Liveline\' (Jan. 07).
Prologue: The reasons why -- 1.Overview: broken parts -- 2.The two-tier system of healthcare -- 3.The consultant dilemma -- 4.Radiology: the broken cog in the machine -- 5.Dirt and bugs -- 6.On-call: a personal experience of fatigue -- 7.Working with fatigue -- 8.The failures of geriatric healthcare -- 9.Mental health - a neglected service -- 10.We are not racists, but ... -- 11.The bedlam of bureaucracy -- 12.Lost in translation: the growing communication gap -- 13.Solutions.
The author describes the problems from within the Irish health system using personal experience, along with that of his colleagues, to highlight the day-to-day realities crippling the system.
9780340951323 (pbk.) : �8.99 9780340951323 (pbk.) �12.98
National health services--Ireland
Public health--Ireland
Health services administration--Ireland
Health and Wellbeing.
Memoirs
Medical profession
Health systems & services
Public health & preventive medicine
Ireland
Personal & public health
Hospital infections
RA273
362.109417 DOC