Proponents of integrated care in England sometimes look to Scotland as an example to be emulated. Yet, while the Scottish NHS has a much simpler structure that ought to facilitate […]
Month: July 2012
Fiona Pathiraja: The ePortfolio and generation Y
Am I the only member of the ePortfolio fan club? If the recent vitriol on Twitter is anything to go by, one would be forgiven for thinking that the fan […]
David Kerr: Welcoming the world
Over the next few weeks more than 14 000 athletes from 205 Olympic teams and 170 paralympic teams, and 4 million spectators are expected to attend the London 2012 Olympic […]
Steve Yentis: Infamous names in anaesthesia—part one
Roger Maltby’s book Notable Names in Anaesthesia contains fascinating biographies of some of the great and the good whose names are familiar to anaesthetists everywhere, such as Magill and Macintosh. […]
Richard Smith: “I can’t sing, I ain’t pretty, and my legs are thin.”
It’s been a bad week. I’ve flown 6000 miles to attend two meetings where not only did I not manage to say anything useful but I also came across as […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: The ups and downs of the publishing process
Publishing is at times a joy and also a curse. The process can be taxing both emotionally and in terms of time commitment, but I know that it is the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—23 July 2012
JAMA 18 July 2012 Vol 308 247 The coming of interferon beta as a treatment for multiple sclerosis in the mid-1990s marked a turning point. For patients with MS, it […]
Alvaro Bermejo: Removing the social and structural barriers impeding the global HIV response will advance medical efforts no end
This week the world’s largest gathering of HIV experts, policy makers, activists, and people living with HIV will convene in Washington for the 19th International AIDS conference, brimful of optimism […]
Veena Rao: Should under-nutrition in India be addressed as a population issue?
The time is ripe in India to consider under-nutrition as a population issue, rather than a women and children’s issue, as it is viewed presently by government, governmental advisors and […]
Domhnall MacAuley: “See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.”
“See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.” I didn’t recognise the words but the sentiments were familiar. Words of inspiration from a song that helped shape the paintings, drawings, […]