- The Clinical Pages
- These pages represent largely the notes amassed during clinical training. There is a fair amount of information here, but it is incomplete and patchy. There is no logic to the choice of which material should be here - it is a reflection of how well we understood the subject as we were being taught it, and how much time we had to make coherent(ish) notes.
- My intention is to maintain these pages, and to add information as I learn it - again dependent on having the time to do so.
- My interest would be maintained if I knew that anyone was looking at these pages, whether or not they found them useful. I would be even more pleased if anyone wished to submit either new pages or modifications of existing ones - all submissions will be credited appropriately. I would also be interested to receive suggestions for other sites that could usefuly be linked in with this : some of these will be included in the near future anyway.
- The pages are designed primarily as an academic resource for clinical medical students, and any comments on them will be very welcome.
- Internet Security
- I am not paranoid, nor am I involved in seditious or illegal transactions, so why should I be concerned with security?
- Email is not secure, and yet private details of my patients must be kept confidential.
- Transactions over the WWW are not secure, but I would like to be able to send details and credit card numbers without the worry that they will be intercepted.
- If I'm not concerned about privacy, why do I seal my letters in an envelope?
- Here is a persuasive article by Phil Zimmerman, author of PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
- So how do I ensure privacy in my internet transactions?
- Easy - using Public Key Encryption
- WWW security - visit www.thawte.com and get a free personal certificate. And remember to check for secure links before sending information over the 'Web.
- Email security - visit www.pgpi.com and fetch the version of PGP for your computer.
- Interface to the PGP Public Key server available here
- You may search for public keys, or submit your own keys from here.
Enquiries of a personal nature regarding the conditions described in these pages should be made in person to a registered medical practitioner as it is not possible to enter into an ethically sound doctor-patient relationship over the Internet!
GPG public key for Dr Charles & Penny McEvoy available here
GPG public key for Dr Charles McEvoy at work available here
Site entirely created and maintained on Acorn computers running RISCOS by Dr Charles McEvoy on 21st March 1997
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