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In the Internet era being a human and scientific physician is even a more important question than previously. In this open letter to a student of first year the author review the foundation of physicians’ work and promote a style of a professional who loves their duties.

• Why become a doctor if there’s Internet? Open letter to a first year medical student. Gérvas, J. September 2010. Download English version here.

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Ignorance is frequently the rule in between neighbours. This study focus on political borders as scientific barries with data from Portuguese and Spanish publications in the field of General Practice. Spanish authors fully ignore their Portugueses colleages which in turn cited them just in low percentage. Both use to cite English papers, as the European publications do no exit if publish in other language.

• Political borders as scientific barriers in general practice. Portugal and Spain as a case study. Villanueva, T., Cavadas, L.F., Gérvas, J., Padilla, J., Serrano, E., Cofiño, R. Eur J Gen Pract. 2010. doi: 10.3109/13814788.2010.498883. Download whole article here.

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Prevention is an activity which frequently has is foundation in patients´fear and the doctor’ s guilt. So confronting prevention in many cases doctors and patients lose the scientific point of view.

Clinical prevention: patients´ fear and the doctor’ s guilt. Gérvas, J., Heath, H., Durán, A., Gené, J., Members of the Seminar of Innovation 2008. Eur J Gen Pract. 2009; 15: 122-4. Download whole article here.

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Presentation for the Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine (2009) about self-learning and  the Internet. Key questions are perseverance, asking good questions during the clinical encounter and do not use self-compassion as an excuse (“I have no time today”).

Download presentation here.

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Swine flu vaccination, better natural immunity than artificial one.

• Gripe A, mejor la enfermedad que la vacuna / Swine flu vaccination, better natural immunity than artificial one. Gérvas, J., Wright, J. [Notas clínicas]. Septiembre de 2009. Download English version here.
• Please may we have an RCT now?. Gérvas, J., Wright, J. BMJ 2009; 339: b4651. Download letter published in the BMJ.

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Note about the Spanish movement asking for calm and common sense regarding the A flu.

• Spain and swine flu. Gérvas, J, Villanueva, T. CMJA. 15 de septiembre de 2009 [letter]. Go to the letter.

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The severity of swine flu is generally very low but WHO (World Health Organization) papers and policy transmit the idea of: a/ swine flu is a terrible and dangerous disease, and b/ prevention and treatment of flu swine is justifiable, necessary and urgent. It looks like a “disease mongering” campaign by WHO.

• Disease mongering by WHO. Gérvas J. BMJ. 22/08/2009 [letter]. Go to the letter.

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