Volume 44: Issue 4: 2014
In this issue we have not been shy of addressing some controversial issues. Dancer and Duerden take opposing views on the loss of the traditional physician’s white coat. Has this had a positive effect on infection control or has it harmed the doctor-patient relationship? In both the lay and the medical press, the pharmaceutical industry has received a lot of scrutiny, much of it hostile. Hardman discusses how the industry has addressed some of these criticisms.