Although undoubtedly a fine publication, I think it is probably fair to say that it is not every day that the Journal of Medical Ethics puts in an appearance in […]
Month: November 2010
Emily Arthurs: Five year survival
Having gone through a tough five years, following on from a previous four year science degree, I was all set to finally finish being a student. With nine years of […]
Daniel Palazuelos: Grassroots fertiliser
Community participation has had many forms. One of the easiest to recognise is how communities have been involved in the provision of health care. Examples run the spectrum from representation on hospital […]
Jason Warriner: A true partnership – learning as much as teaching
I have volunteered for CHIVA Africa since 2005 and have seen many changes take place with the rollout of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in KwaZulu Natal (KZN). When I compare my early […]
Chris Ham on general practice in Australia
If familiarity breeds contempt, then distance lends perspective. This much I learned – or remembered – on a recent visit to Australia. Invited to give the keynote address at the […]
Richard Smith: Now happiness is declared a disease
The number of diseases seems to be increasing dramatically with the arrival of conditions like social phobia, attention deficit disorder, chronic procrastination syndrome, and female sexual arousal disorder. Now this […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 8 November 2010
JAMA 3 Nov 2010 Vol 304 There is no suggestion in any of the numerous works of PG Wodehouse that Jeeves might have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, and we may […]
Louise Kenny: Gemelitos
What with being caught up in the whirlwind of Hurricane Agatha, sinkholes, volcanic eruptions, and the daily grind of life as a doctor, it has been a while since I’ve […]
Domhnall MacAuley: The SCAR project. Surviving cancer. Absolute reality.
Ambling along a New York street, a poster grabbed me by the throat. A young woman with a mastectomy scar and pregnant.* “Breast cancer is not a pink ribbon,” it […]
Desmond O’Neill reviews “Taking the keys away”
If geriatricians had a pound for every time an adult child said that it wasn’t safe for their older parent to go home from hospital, their financial standing would improve […]