NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW ON-LINE

A5 glossy, bimonthly magazine with 40 pages including the cover.

After a hard day at the hospital, this should put the smile back on your face. As well as being light, it is also a little cynical and somewhat acid. Placebo gives us a romp around a doctor's day with choice features such as THE SURROGATE PATIENT and the OSTEOPATHIC WALLET BIOPSY. There is also a section on TRUE STORIES OF MEDICINE which you can take as you like (probably by the spoonful, along with sugar).

It is not always easy to poke fun at a profession, yet keep it amiable and non-malicious. This journal manages it well:

• We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time. — Arthur Hoppe.
• She got her good looks from her father — he's a plastic surgeon. — Groucho Marx
• Financial ruin from medical bills is almost exclusively an American disease. — Roul Turley

It is primarily aimed at doctors and contains jargon that may be lost on a general readership. However, much of it is quite clear. This is from MY 'REALISTIC WEEK' IN PRACTICE:

A middle-aged woman comes in stating "You need to check me for STD's because my psychic says my boyfriend has one."

A general readership might also like to consider the item called TOP 10 THINGS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY TO PATIENTS which includes:

"I'm willing to talk to you about anything today except what you have been doing in the bathroom for the past week."