Chapter 7
Medical references

Excerpt from the book....

I once got an obstetrics registrar annoyed by using my handheld in front of him. The consultant had asked me to wait outside his clinic, because he was dealing with a sensitive case. My short attention span soon had me rooting for my machine. Given the patient's history, I started reading about endometriosis. The registrar saw me and suggested that I do some work. I replied that I was, but he just thrust an information leaflet on contraception in my direction. I thanked him for this, and said I would read it as soon as I had finished the chapter. Two minutes later, he was back, and more annoyed that I was "not doing work". I was now presented with a leaflet on fertility. It was the leaflet on endometriosis that broke me, and I asked him why he insisted on this. He said clinic was no place for a "Game Boy", and that I should be doing some work.

He calmed down after seeing my handheld's chapter on endometriosis.

The free stuff

There is an incredible amount of freely available medical reference information out there. From paediatric drug lists, to body mass index calculators, you can find them all on the handheld portals mentioned in Chapter 3.

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