medicine
German medical students head for Latvian university
Just under half of the 500 foreign medical students currently enrolled at Riga’s Stradina University come from Germany – but a medical education in a foreign country doesn’t come cheap
medicine, university, germany, bologna process, riga, students, latvia
Where did all the Romanian doctors and French med students go?
Mobility within the European Union also applies to the medical sphere, resulting in a freedom which leads to problems as well as advantages. Celia Laherre on the failings of medicine without borders
Medicine’s new dot-com revolution
From clinical trial recruitment and virtual medical schools to online diagnosis and the use of cloud computing to store medical records, web 2.0 is throwing up some exciting and frightening possibilities, says Gary Finnegan
Babelblogs on bureaucracy: a Lithuanian looks for medical help in Tel Aviv
Health insurance is not institutionally universal here in Israel. My advice? Don't go to live in Israel unless you're perfectly healthy and have no inclination towards extreme sports, and so on. And don't wear high-heels, just in case
medicine, doctors, documents, lithuania, health, expatriation, languages
German students swoop down on Austrian universities
In some border university towns, the student population is as high as 12%, as German students escape the various clauses in their own universities and enrol 'abroad' for subjects like medicine and psychology. A common tongue and the abolition of tuition fees are the fundamental attractions
medicine, university, facoltà, psychology, germany, bologna process, education system
NHS, EHIC, mutuel: young expats get to grips with healthcare abroad
Three expats discuss their healthcare adventures, with or without travel insurance, in Spain, England and the Czech Republic. It makes for useful reading in the times of a swine flu pandemic
medicine, travel, health, public health, expatriates, testimony, social security
Fighting swine flu with garlic in Latvia
Worry about swine flu is gripping Latvia. As the public health service suffers in the wake of the financial crisis, folk medicine is booming. A look at what the quacks are offering
medicine, health, public health, riga, healthcare, latvia, society
Italy: coma patient Eluana Englaro dies after Berlusconi row
After more than 16 years in a persistent vegetative state, 38-year-old Eluana Englaro has died in the 'La Quiete' clinic in the northern Italian city of Udine after doctors removed her feeding tubes. The European press discusses the political intrigues surrounding her death
medicine, press review, religion, health, silvio berlusconi, death, society
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