December 2009 heralded an unexpected start for a surgical course. Our family holiday in Jerusalem and the West Bank was predictable enough: visit the Old City, and to the children’s […]
Year: 2011
Natalie Blencowe and Jane Blazeby: Core outcomes for surgical procedures
“Emergency surgery patients must have higher priority in NHS hospitals.” So say the new standards from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, which highlight the wide range of complication […]
Tiago Villanueva: Spanish doctors and the revolution in the streets of Madrid
We’ve all seen the recent images on television in Spain, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of Madrid and occupying its main squares. After Tunis and […]
Sandra Lako: coordination and clinical work
A lot of the work the Welbodi Partnership does is to coordinate and facilitate projects and training programs within the hospital. Our aim is capacity building – helping others to […]
Ann McPherson: I should have been able to choose to die
The well known general practitioner and outstanding communicator Ann McPherson died on 28 May 2011 from pancreatic cancer. She is celebrated for her books for patients, including The Diary of […]
Martin McShane: No rules
I read the King’s fund paper on management in the NHS. It should be read widely. Some politicians and professionals understand that successful organisations have good management. Some even understand […]
Richard Smith: My boots – an obituary
My boots died last week as I walked the Cornish coastal path from St Just to St Ives. One comfort was that they died together. The sole of one boot […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 31 May 2011
JAMA 25 May 2011 Vol 305 2071 Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: now that’s the kind of medical label I can do business with – the kind that tells you […]
Research highlights – 27 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 […]
Richard Feinmann on winning a BMJ Group award
I suppose I could be accused of banging on too much about doctors volunteering at the end of their career. But now I have another reason. At my age, I […]