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Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

Retired Professor of Plastic Surgery; Freelance Medico/Legal Consultant

Co-Editor - The PMFA Journal

Andrew Burd is a British trained Plastic Surgeon, a Harvard trained Scientist, a School of Life trained Educator and a Pragmatic Ethicist. He was the Professor of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Centenary Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science at the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata, India. He is currently completing his PhD looking at the potential for Big Data to influence Health Policy. He is the founding and current Editor of The PMFA Journal. He is a staunch patient advocate with uncompromising views on patient safety.

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Timelines are very important but how reliable are they? Of course, it depends on the source(s) of the data on which they are based.
How do doctors learn to prescribe/use drugs in a safe and effective manner? This is no simple question and when the issue of a prescribing habit being regarded as lethal it becomes highly relevant.
It is a little over six months ago that I began these blogs and now I am beginning the stage of summing up.
I have made a breakthrough. I have now determined the voice of the book. The target audience will be students of The Law and of Medicine.
The PMFA Journal co-editor, Andrew Burd, responds to the RCSEd warning issued in light of an NHS workforce survey results, which suggest that three-quarters of surgeons have considered an overseas move.
PART I: Degraded professionalism among leading figures in Australian plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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