Had you forgotten? Of course you had, admit it. A drama lost in the blur of television history. But, on Friday night brain-dead talk show television, the horror story flashback. […]
Month: May 2011
Cheryl Rofer: Limitations of BEIR VII estimates of radiation risk
While I do love numbers, it’s important to understand their limitations. Numbers are essential for verifying predictions, but the limitations tell you how much you can rely on the numbers […]
Muir Gray: Two cheers for bureaucracy, four cheers for ants
We are in the throes of debating the structure of the NHS for, I think, the 20th time in my professional life, but structure is, in my experience, of little […]
Tiago Villanueva: Quaternary prevention and disease mongering
One of the major advantages of being an active member of listservers, particularly international ones, is that I am in touch with leading colleagues around the world, and also I can learn about […]
Richard Smith: Twenty tips for leaders
Some years a go a young friend who had worked with me became the head of a big organisation and asked for my tips on leadership. I’ve had some interest […]
Elizabeth Loder: African medical journals are alive and thriving
I came away from this year’s meeting of the African Journals Partnership Project (AJPP) with a healthy respect for the multitalented, multitasking African editors who are involved in the initiative. […]
Martin McShane: Multilayered commissioning
I walked into a room recently which was jam packed with secondary care clinicians and managers. I was the lone commissioner. The meeting was a peer review visit to support […]
Wim Weber on the implementation of research in European clinical practice
On May 11, in the centre of Berlin, the European Science Foundation presented “Forward Look – implementation of medical research in clinical practice.” Forward Looks are consensus reports with a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 May 2011
JAMA 11 May 2011 Vol 305 1863 It’s hard to think of any physiological rationale for trying out a bolus dose of epoetin alfa following successful percutaneous intervention for myocardial […]
Research highlights – 13 May 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]