writing and editing
Expert authors of this Guide Editing team: Healthcare Programs and Analysis Center (CAPS, Centro de Análisis y Programas Sanitarios) This Guide summarises two reports (2010 and 2011) drawn up by CAPS’ Health and Environment Group (Grup de Medi Ambient i Salut - GMAS) at the request of the Consell Assessor pel Desenvolupament Sostenible (Sustainable Development Advisory Council) of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan government). Its layout and structure has been adapted to that of the Good Practice Guides. Coordinator: Josep Martí Valls. Doctor of Medicine (MD). Coordinator of the Health and Environment Working Group (GMAS) of the Healthcare Programs and Analysis Center. Barcelona. Carme Valls Llobet. Bachelor of Medicine. Vice-president of the Healthcare Programs and Analysis Center. Clara Mestres Miserachs. Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Member of the Health and Environment Working Group of the Healthcare Programs and Analysis Center. Marc Homs Vallès. Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Member of the Health and Environment Working Group of the Healthcare Programs and Analysis Center.
Expert revisers and consultants of this Guide Pilar Arrizabalaga Clemente. Secretary of the Governing Board of the College of Physicians of Barcelona, in 2013. Enric Aulí Medallo. Doctor of Pharmacy. Director of Environmental Innovation and Intervention Services. Barcelona City Council. Associate professor. Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Ferran Ballester Díez. Coordinator for Environment and Health Research Area. Center for Public Health Research (CSISP, Spanish acronyn). Regional Ministry of Health. Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian government). Francisca López Crespí. Occupational Health Consultant Physician. Area for Technical Assistance in Occupational Health and Safety. Center for Occupational Safety and Health of Barcelona, Department of Business and Employment. Generalitat de Catalunya. Julián Márquez Sánchez. Neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist. Former head of Neurophysiology Section. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Bellvitge (Barcelona). Eduard Rodríguez-Farré. Doctor of Medicine, pharmacologist and radiation biologist. Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology. CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health. Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona. CSIC-IDIBAPS.
Good Practice Guides Editorial Committee Miquel Vilardell Tarrés. President of the College of Physicians of Barcelona. Ramon Pujol Farriols. Eighth member of the Governing Board of the College of Physicians of Barcelona. Jordi Craven-Bartle Lamote de Grignon. Seventh member of the Governing Board of the College of Physicians of Barcelona. Marius Morlans Molina. President of the Deontological Commission of the College of Physicians of Barcelona. Álex Ramos Torre. Director of the Center of Studies of the College of Physicians of Barcelona.
Publisher Centro de Estudios Colegiales. COLEGIO OFICIAL DE MÉDICOS DE BARCELONA Paseo de la Bonanova, 47. 08017 Barcelona. e-mail: cecfmc@comb.cat. Editorial Director: Álex Ramos Torre · Editorial Coordination: Raquel Dolado Murillo and Orquidea Vaquero Manso.
Good Practice Guides, a periodic COMB publication, has been published by the Centro de Estudios Colegiales since 1991. Its purpose is to serve as: •
A Continuing Medical Education tool that promotes professional development for physicians for the benefit of the public.
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A Medical Practice Guide that promotes good medical practice and the prevention of occupational hazards.
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A Legal/Medical tool aimed at protecting both the public and the medical professional.
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