Present appointments & professional memberships

General Practitioner and GP Trainer, Ashford, Middlesex
Member, Royal College of General Practitioners, London
Member, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London
Editorial Consultant, Health and Human Rights Journal, Harvard Medical School
Editor, Clinical Dialogue Series
Advisor & Examiner, Medical section, Amnesty International
Correspondent, The Lancet
Regular contributor BBC World Service News Hour
Iraq commentator, Good Morning Scotland, BBC Scotland

Publications

Over 2500 articles, features and reports on clinical, health, human rights and social issues as well as medical finance and management, in a number of publications including:

Medical publications

The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Journal of the American Medical Association, International Journal of Dermatology, Medicine and War, The Practitioner, Mims Magazine, Medeconomics, Middle East Health, The Physician, Doctor and Hospital Doctor, Pulse, GP, Medical Times(US), Medical World News(US), Medical Post(Canada)

General publications

The Guardian, The Times, New Statesman, The Economist, Arab Affairs, Vogue, Good House Keeping, She Magazine

Author

The Policy and Practices of The Lancet,The New England Journal of Medicine, The British Medical Journal and JAMA
The Management of cancer pain
How Trainees learn: A guide for Trainers in general practice
Incontinence in women

Publisher

Wound healing-A programmed approach
Sexually transmitted diseases
The management of the ulcerated limb
Mental illness in pregnancy & the puerperium
Prostatic cancer
The value of treating hypertension in the over 60 year old
Inflammatory bowel disease and the stoma patient
Prostoglandins in obstetrics and gynaecology
Pelvic extenteration care and treatment

Previous publishing appointments

Editorial Advisor, Mims Magzine, Haymarket Publishing 1981-86
Weekly columnist, Hospital Doctor, Sutton-Siebert Publishing 1983-88
Finance & Management Editor, Good Practice 1992-93