title: Harsh reality of emergency careThe Omagh coverage showed hospital staff whose lives were intertwined with the community they serve.
abstract: Television is not always a good medium for nurses and doctors. Needing to find a visual picture to demonstrate a complex set of skills, knowledge and actions, it tends to use the extreme or the obvious image - doctors are either surgeons or GPs, nurses are in uniform, and the health service as a whole is represented by hospital buildings.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cook