I was recently asked to give a talk on vaccination and potential conflicts between the rights of parents and the interests of their children. A few years back when my […]
Month: November 2012
Richard Smith: National programmes to prevent diabetes
Europe has started 187 programmes to prevent diabetes, but fewer than 10 survived to the end of funding, said Peter Schwarz from Dresden, at the World Congress on Prevention of […]
Trishan Panch: More disruption please?
As an NHS GP I learned that healthcare is fundamentally locally provided and delivered through fostering long term relationships. However, the convergence of mobile technology and big data have the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—26 November 2012
JAMA 21 Nov 2012 Vol 308 OPERA is the quintessential Italian art-form: devised as a return to the classical past, it is a brilliant transitory display of music, costume, and […]
Trish Groves: A European tale—data sharing at the EMA
This is a tale of extraordinary persistence by medical researchers—particularly those at the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen—on behalf of patients. And it seems to have a happy ending. It […]
Desmond O’Neill: Amour, ageing, and missed opportunities
A striking aspect of clinician involvement in bioethics is the therapeutic focus they bring to the table. Time and again, when non clinician ethicists present dilemmas, the doctors propose fresh […]
Fred Kavalier: Judge not
Do doctors and judges inhabit different worlds? A judgment handed down this week makes me feel they do. I do not think justice has been done in the case of […]
Lungiswa Nkonki, Mabel Carabali and Beverly Ho: Emerging voices in health systems research
In 2010, young researchers from developing countries were invited by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Belgium to join in the scientific debate and actively participate in the First […]
David Kerr: Alcohol and calories—an opportunity for public health?
More than 200 years ago, the English artist, William Hogarth produced two prints depicting the evils of gin in contrast to the benefits of drinking beer. The inhabitants of Beer […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Creating winning teams
I spent time at the weekend in the company of some very successful people; high achievers in sport, health, and the public sector—each directing teams or organisations that perform at […]