Memoirs of a Medical Maverick

by Mulcahy, Risteard

• ISBN13: 9781907593079
• ISBN10: 1907593071
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-10
• Publisher: Liberties Pr

Summary

Refreshingly, and sometimes shockingly, honest memoir from the internationally renowned cardiologist and best-selling author, Risteard Mulcahy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Early Days and Family 1922-1939	p. 11
University and Hospital Training	p. 30
Postgraduate Training in Post-war London	p. 64
Return to Dublin	p. 89
The Heart Department at St Vincent's Hospital 1960-1988	p. 110
The Rise and Fall of the Coronary Epidemic	p. 117
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease	p. 121
Heart Research at St Vincent's Hospital	p. 126
International Research into Coronary Disease	p. 141
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)	p. 150
Evidence, Drugs and Prevention	p. 154
Public Health Campaigns	p. 167
The Irish Heart Foundation	p. 182
The Irish Medical Association and the Health Service	p. 189
The Irish Cardiac Society	p. 195
The Workers	p. 199
Retirement 1988-Present	p. 204
A World in Denial	p. 231
Books	p. 238
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