On 15th February 2010 the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) stated that anaesthetists may not participate in capital punishment if they wish to be “board certified.” To me, an American […]
Month: May 2010
Vidhya Alakeson on US anti-abortion legislation
For most of last year, a van covered in anti-abortion slogans has been parked on the corner of Independence Avenue and 3rd Street in Washington DC. Directly in front of it was […]
Andrew Burd: “Are you sure?”
It is that time of year again. May heralds the last few weeks of the medical curriculum, culminating in the final examinations. Over the years at the Chinese University I have seen […]
Richard Hurley: Replace the war on drugs with a war on harm
Illicit drugs should be decriminalised. Prohibition has not achieved the stated aim of reducing supply, and criminalisation acts as a barrier to reducing harm in users. Punishment of drug users […]
What we’re reading: 7 May 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]
Toby Hillman on carbon efficient healthcare
I was going to start this blog telling you how junior doctors are the lifeblood of the NHS. Then I thought about how few of us there are compared with the […]
Julian Sheather: Should we pay drug addicts to be sterilised?
Barbara Harris is a concerned American. After adopting four children from a crack-addicted mother, she tried to change the law in California. She wanted to make it mandatory for every […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Paddy the cricketer
Rain stopped another Ireland giant killing exploit at cricket’s ICC World Twenty20 yesterday. Having beaten Bangladesh and Pakistan in 2007, victory over England would have been the ultimate achievement. But, […]
Kiran James Jobanputra: Escape
It is sad, it never ceases to be sad, working in hospitals. Working with the mothers, their fatigued, careworn faces, the infrequent tears, the resigned, long-suffering poise, concealing hearts that […]
Muza Gondwe: No more days left in the world calendar
“Counting Malaria Out” is not the most inspiring of themes for the third World Malaria Day that took place on the 25th of April. It is another day to add […]