“Resistentialism is a philosophy of tragic grandeur. It … derives its name from its central thesis that Things (res) resist (résister) men. Philosophers have become excited at various times, says […]
Day: July 7, 2017
Urban public health strategies will be key to ending AIDS
Reuben Granich, Sindhu Ravishankar, and José M. Zuniga Good News from London It is welcome news that HIV diagnoses in England fell by 17% between 2014 and 2015 with a […]
We need to end “cut” practice in Indian healthcare
Commissions are symptomatic of the dominance of market medicine in India. It will take more than just laws to break this deep-rooted practice. […]
Richard Smith: Impressions of Devi Shetty’s hospital city—bringing surgery to the masses
I’m standing with Devi Shetty, a cardiac thoracic surgeon in his surgical gear, between two paediatric intensive care units with around 40 cots. All the cots are full apart from […]