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Eoin O'Brien

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS AND LETTERS

Suspicion by Gaslight. World Medicine. 1972; August 23rd.

Personal View. British Medical Journal. 1972; 3: 230.

‘As I was saying before Dr. Barnard interrupted’. World Medicine. 1972; December 13th.

East Mediterranean Medical Congress. Ir Med J. 1972;65:234.

Checking up on Pacemakers. World Medicine. 1972; November 8th.

Cavalli, Eritrea and Wextford. Br Med J 1975;4:515.

The SI Unit System. Ir Med Times. 1975;November 14th.

Therapeutic Despair. J Ir Med Ass 1976;69:127.

Coronary Deaths in Ireland. Ir Med Times. November 1976.

The Referral Letter. Ir Med Times. April 1976.

What name should be given to the new Beaumont Hospital. Ir Med Times. 1977;October 14th.

Who Teaches the Teachers. Ir Med Times. November 1977.

Risk Factors in Ischaemic Heart Disease. Ir Med Times. July 1977.

The Changed Environment of the Hospital Doctor. Ir Med Times. 1977; October 7th.

A case of self-diagnosis. Br Med J 1977;2:1648-1649

The Quality of Patient Care. Ir Med Times 1978; May 19th.

Where have all the Clinicians Gone? World Medicine. 1978, March 8th.pp.30-31.

Keeping up with the Literature. Ir Med J 1978;71:444.

Christmas in Hospital.Ir Med Times December 1978.

A case of self-diagnosis. Letter from Brian West. Br Med J 1978;3:305-306

O’Brien E. A Day in Georgian Dublin. In: Essays in Honour of J. D. H. Widdess. Ed: E. O’Brien. Cityview Press. Dublin. 1978. pp.157-184.

Preparing a Curriculum Vitae. Brit Med J 1978;2:1478-1479. Republished in: How to do it. Ed. S. Lock. British Medical Association. London 1979. pp.72-76. Reprinted 1985. pp. 86-91.

Six years shalt thou labour. World Medicine. March 1979.pp 26-27

Living with death. A basic handbook for the bereaved. 1979

‘From the Waters of Sion to Liffeyside’. The Jewish Contribution: Medical and Cultural. Twelfth Leonard Abrahamson Memorial Lecture J Irish Colleges Physicians & Surg 1981;10:107-119.

Boulevard Bloom. Irish Times. 26/27 October 1981.

The most efficient movers in the solar system. Irish Times. 25/26/27/28 December 1981

A city cycle network. Irish Times. 29 December 1981.

Towards being a Scientific Doctor and the Dangers of the Dublin Disease. J Irish Colleges Physicians & Surg 1982;12:71-74.

Gallery of Colourful Personalities. Review of Truants by Lord Moynihan. Brit Med J 1983;287:1687-1688

Monkstown Essay in Programme for a John O’Conor Recital May 1984.

‘Monkstown. Programme for a John O’Conor Recital May 1984

Not so glorious history. Review of The Medical Profession in the Industrial Revolution by I. Waddington. Brit Med J 1985;291:42-48.

Battle long ago. Review of Platt versus Pickering: an Episode in Recent Medical History. Ed. J.D. Swales. Brit Med J 1985;290:1737-1738.

Messiah. An Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. Programme notes compiled and edited by E. O’Brien. The Black Cat Press. Dublin. 1986.

Handel in Dublin. In: Messiah. An Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. Programme notes compiled and edited by E. O’Brien. The Black Cat Press. Dublin. 1986. Pp. 9-23.

Handel commemorations in Dublin. Messiah. An Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. Programme notes compiled and edited by E. O’Brien. The Black Cat Press. Dublin. 1986. Pp. 49-50.

The Chronic Medical Student. Foreword to programme for One of Our Own performed at the Gaiety Theatre. July 1987.

The single European Act. Irish Times. 21 May 1987.p.13.

The Export of Culture. Irish Times. 13 June 1988.

Irish Electorate Speaks on Health. Lancet 1989;ll:80-81

O’Brien E. Preparing a paper for publication. J Ir Coll Physicians Surg 1990;19:219-220.

At the heart of the matter. Irish Times. 15th December 1993. Supplement. p.7.

Glancing back with gratitude. Irish Times. 15th December 1993. Supplement. P.16.

‘An amalgam of old alliances’. Irish Times. 25th May 1994 . Supplement. p.7.

The need for research in innovation and change. Nursing Review 1994;12:4-8

O’Brien E. Gambling with the nation’s health? BMJ 1995;311:1225

[O’Brien E] Medicine’s lottery losers: it could be you. Lancet 1995;346:387

O’Brien E. Prepare a curriculum vitae. In: How to do it: Management/ employment/counselling. Ed: D. Reece. 3rd Edition. BMJ Publishing Group. London 1995.

O’Brien E. Literature and history in medicine. Lancet 1997;349:1393

O’Brien E. Literature and history in medicine. Lancet 1997;349:1393

O’Brien E. from The Cantos of Maldoror. The Recorder 1997;10:57-65

O’Brien E. Naming hospitals. Ir Med Times 1998;Vol 32. p. 21

O’Brien E. Doctor Chekov: The little-known compassion of Dr Chekov. Lancet 1998;352:331-332

O’Brien E. A vindication of Petr Skrabanek. Ir Med Times 1998. July 31st. 25

O’Brien E. Victorian Society in Merrion Square. HeartWise 1999;2:21-22.

O’Brien E. Human rights and the making of a good doctor. In: Traditions, Values and Humanitarian Action. Ed. Kevin Cahill. Internatioanl Humanitarian Series. New York. 2003

Poetry

Cionn Torc. Poems. E. O’Brien. Black Cat Press. Dublin. 1993.

‘The Virgin of Torcello’ Nineties Poetry. No. 2. Autumn 1994. London. 70.

‘Japonic Nemesis’ Nineties Poetry. No. 3. Winter 1994-95. London. 37-39.

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    • Device validation – State-of-the-market
    • Conventional blood pressure measurement
    • The mercury issue
    • ABPM – General
    • ABPM – Reference values
    • ABPM – Patterns and sub-groups
    • ABPM – Nocturnal blood pressure
    • ABPM – drug assessment
    • ABPM – Elderly
    • ABPM – Pregnancy
    • ABPM – Outcome
    • ABPM – Computer analysis and indices
    • ABPM – Hypotension
    • Self-blood pressure measurement
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    • General
    • EWPHE Study
    • Syst-Eur Study
    • PROGRESS Study
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    • Aliskiren
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  • BIOGRAPHY
    • Dominic Corrigan
    • Oliver Fitzgerald
    • William Stokes
    • Robert Graves
    • John Cheyne
    • Robert Adams
    • J.D.H. Widdess
    • Walter Sommerville
    • Samuel Beckett
    • A.J. (Con) Leventhal
    • Nevill Johnson
      • Nevill Johnson: Paint the smell of grass
    • Oliver St John Gogarty
    • Denis Johnston
    • Dom Peter Flood
    • Micheal MacLiammoir
    • Petr Skrabanek
  • HISTORY OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
    • A Century of Service: The City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital 1911-2011
    • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    • Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
    • The Charitable Infirmary
    • The Richmond Hospital
    • Beaumont Hospital
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