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Hip replacement surgery: routine or rationed?Creative Commons Image New hip / Oka Tai-Lee / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

By Linda Kenward (The Open University)

09 February 2012

Linda Kenward looks at how hip replacement surgery has become a more common procedure over the years and wonders whether a healthier, longer-living population stretches...  Read more : Hip replacement surgery: routine or rationed?

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Silicone implants: should the NHS step in? Creative Commons Image By Noukka Signe via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Mary Twomey (The Open University)

19 January 2012

Should the NHS step in to help private health patients remove and replace their potentially faulty breast implants?  Read more : Silicone implants: should the NHS step in?

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115th anniversary of the x-ray Creative Commons Image Dakkar78 under CC-BY-NC licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 November 2010

To mark 115 years of the X-Ray, we explore them inside and out.    Read more : 115th anniversary of the x-ray

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OU on the BBC: Inside The Ethics Committee 2010 - Obesity surgeryBy Tacit Requiem via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By The Ethics Committee web team (The Open University)

03 August 2010

Episode 3: An NHS surgeon is treating more and more obese patients whose private treatment has gone wrong. What should he do?  Read more : OU on the BBC: Inside The Ethics Committee 2010 - Obesity surgery

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OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010 - Treating sick children By jam343 via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 July 2010

Episode 2: Tanya has a life-threatening illness that slowly revealed itself in childhood. How much could she be expected to understand what was happening?  Read more : OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010 - Treating sick children

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OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010By Alex E. Proimos via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By The Ethics Committee web team (The Open University)

20 July 2010

A panel of experts discuss real-life cases to explore the workings of clinical ethics committees in Inside the Ethics Committee  Read more : OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010

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OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010 - Mentally ill and refusing surgeryBy Mike Lacon via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By The Ethics Committee web team (The Open University)

20 July 2010

Episode 1: John has cancer of the voice box so removing his voice box could save his life, but he is refusing to go ahead  Read more : OU on the BBC: Inside the Ethics Committee 2010 - Mentally ill and refusing surgery

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Who is choosing 'choice'?Creative Commons Image Zeusandhera under CC-BY-SA licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

25 July 2008

Will patient choice result in long waiting lists at some hospitals and no demand at others?  Read more : Who is choosing 'choice'?

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The Asian doctors who shaped the NHSBBC

By Dr Parvati Raghuram (The Open University)

02 July 2008

A very British institution - but one shaped by migrant labour. Meet the doctors who shaped the NHS  Read more : The Asian doctors who shaped the NHS

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An undignified conclusionCreative Commons Image Vainsang under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Richard Skellington (The Open University)

14 April 2008

Joan's story is unfortunately typical of many elderly people in need of mental health care.  Read more : An undignified conclusion

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