While Tom Daschle waits another week for his confirmation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, health reform has got underway without him in the form of the stimulus […]
Year: 2009
Bruno Rushforth on the roles we play
It’s amazing how quickly one adapts. The first couple of days were a bit of a shock, but I soon accepted my fate and – rather worryingly – began to […]
Anna Donald
Anna died on the morning of 1 February, Sydney time. She was surrounded by her family and by the prayers and thoughts of her friends around the world. Anna took […]
Borrowing from our children, or stealing from them?
I was standing next to one of the most senior health care managers in the UK recently when he again professed his admiration for the BMJ as the best journal […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
More than half of carers looking after relatives with dementia report acting abusively towards them according to a research paper published last week on bmj.com. The researchers, from University College […]
William Lee on “A Short Stay In Switzerland”
Last night the BBC aired “A Short Stay in Switzerland”, a one-off drama based on the true story of a terminally ill doctor who killed herself in Zurich with the […]
Siddharta Yadav on changing perceptions of HIV/AIDS
There is a famous proverb in Nepali which says we learn something either by reading about it or by facing it. I prefer the latter because of the everlasting impression […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
The media has picked up on two research papers and a linked editorial, published this week, which address postnatal depression and how it can be treated without taking antidepressants. The studies […]
Frances Dixon on term two at medical school
So new year, new term of med school. Before we broke up at the end of last term a couple of our lecturers warned us that, having completed one term, […]
Elizabeth Loder on academic-industry interactions
It was a Boston day so cold that my morning assortment of emails included a message suggesting that hospital employees should be on the lookout for indoor puddles that might […]