topic:"Societies, Medical - history" found 9 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

From an Association to a Royal College : The History of the British Paediatric Association and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 1988-2016

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Alan Craft, Keith Dodd, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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This book describes the history of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) covering the period from 1988 to 2014, which includes the transition from the British Paediatric Association (BPA) to the formation of the now established RCPCH. The book contains a collection of viewpoints from paediatricians who held officer posts with the association and College through this time. The authors offer insights and reflections to help the reader understand where the College is at the mom…

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Other Authors: Craft, Alan; Dodd, Keith

Responsibility: Alan Craft, Keith Dodd, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : 49 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319435824; 9783319435817 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): History, 20th century; History, 21st century; Pediatrics - history; Societies, Medical - history; United Kingdom

Abstract: This book describes the history of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) covering the period from 1988 to 2014, which includes the transition from the British Paediatric Association (BPA) to the formation of the now established RCPCH. The book contains a collection of viewpoints from paediatricians who held officer posts with the association and College through this time. The authors offer insights and reflections to help the reader understand where the College is at the moment on a variety of core paediatric issues, and significantly where it has come from. The formation of the RCPCH from the BPA was very controversial, with some members resigning from the RCP. Since then, the College has come a long way and is now recognised as the definitive body to speak for children's health in the UK and has forged relationships with many overseas countries. It has produced influential documents, and lobbied for advances in the practice of paediatrics. It has reported on standards for how children should be cared for in emergency and urgent care settings, launched policy to improve how children are looked after in the secure estate, and produced teaching and training materials for child protection among many other contributions to child health. Finally, it will be of interest to other Colleges and professional bodies as well as to Members and Fellows of the College.

Contents: 1. Winning the battle -- 2. Commentaries -- 3. Regalia and ceremonies -- 4. The first annual meeting of the college -- 5. Governance, Involvement of Children and Young People -- 6. Interface with outside bodies and with the press -- 7. The involvement of children and young people in the work of the college -- 8. Finance -- 9. Exams -- 10. Training -- 11. Growth of specialties and specialist societies -- 12. The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) -- 13. The British Association of Community Child Health (BAPM) -- 14. Ethics -- 15. Research -- 16. The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) -- 17. Child protection and safeguarding -- 18. Medicines for Children -- 19. International -- 20. Nursing -- 21. Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) -- 22. The annual meeting -- 23. College Secretaries and Chief Executive Officers -- 24. Four nations -- 25. Reflections of members of Council -- 26. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) -- 27. Conpectus -- Appendix.

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A History of Radionuclide Studies in the UK : 50th Anniversary of the British Nuclear Medicine Society

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Ralph McCready, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Jamshed B. Bomanji, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2016.

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The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices "home-made" in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has bee…

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Other Authors: McCready, Ralph; Gnanasegaran, Gopinath; Bomanji, Jamshed B

Responsibility: Ralph McCready, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Jamshed B. Bomanji, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2016

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 152 p. : 74 illus., 57 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9783319286242; 9783319286235 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): History of Medicine; Nuclear Medicine - history; Radioisotopes - history; Societies, Medical - history

Other Subjects: British Nuclear Medicine Society

Other Subjects: United Kingdom

Specialty: History of Medicine; Radiology

Abstract: The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices "home-made" in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients. The future of Nuclear Medicine is bright, thanks to improved imaging resolution, new radiopharmaceuticals, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures.

Contents: 1. History of the BNMS 1966–2016 -- 2. A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK -- 3. The Evolution of Training in Nuclear Medicine in the UK -- 4. A Technologists Viewpoint -- 5. Evolution of Nuclear Medicine Physics in the UK -- 6. The Institute of Nuclear Medicine London -- 7. A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK Radionuclide Investigation of the Brain -- 8. A History of Nuclear Cardiology in the UK -- 9. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Paediatric Nuclear Medicine in the UK -- 10. Renal Radionuclide Studies -- 11. St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Medical School: Department of Nuclear Medicine -- 12. Nuclear Medicine at the Hammersmith Hospital -- 13. Nuclear Medicine in Nottingham: Antibodies, Gamma Probes and Drug Delivery -- 14. The Introduction and Development of Clinical PET in the United Kingdom -- 15. Bone Radionuclide Imaging, Quantitation and Bone Densitometry -- 16. Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in the UK -- 17. Hospital Radiopharmacy in the UK -- 18. Development of Computers in Nuclear Medicine -- 19. The Future Direction of Radiopharmaceutical Development -- 20. A Personal Reflection.