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Celebrating 51 Years of Dr Asha Rawal’s Medical Legacy

13/10/2024 · by · in neuropsychiatry · Leave a comment

Another icon of the early years of independent India and the city of Dehradun was Dr Asha Rawal. Dehra Dun’s Asha Rawal has been in the Profession of ‘Delivering’ Babies for the past 51 years or so. Born on 14 of August 1945 she is still going strong. Below are some snippets of her interview […]

Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients

30/08/2014 · by · in post for doctors, psychiatry · Leave a comment

Introduction It is said that over 80% of diagnoses are made on history alone, a further 5-10% on examination and the remainder on investigation.[1] Whether this adage is true or not may be open to debate but it is clear that history and examination skills remain at the very core of clinical practice. This record […]