Just 3.5% of the 234 million major operations taking place each year are in low-resource settings, often carried out in very dangerous conditions due to lack of resources and training. […]
Month: December 2012
Pritpal S Tamber: It’s time for a few good punch-ups in the NHS
The National Health Service in England needs a goal, and a plan on how to get there. Its local leaders should be appreciated more, not constantly pilloried. Primary care is […]
Aser Garcia Rada: The turning point for healthcare workers’ protests in Spain
Spain is currently experiencing the biggest protest by healthcare workers ever known. It has been triggered by a plan by Ignacio González, a member of the conservative People’s Party (PP) […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: To screen or not to screen—mixed messages on mammography
You might not know this, but I am over 40 and I am a woman. In the US having breasts and being over 40 means something to doctors and patients. […]
Tony Waterston: Children seeking asylum in the UK
She was a mature 16 and could be taken for an adult. Indeed it was with the words of an adult that she expressed the fears, anxiety, and stress she […]
Rakhal Gaitonde et al: The mortar that holds the BRICS together
We are young researchers from Brazil, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Given our collective experience as citizens and researchers in these countries, and deeper understanding gathered during our three […]
Nicola While: The EU impact on UK healthcare
The May 2010 coalition agreement in the UK promised to examine the balance of competences between Britain and the European Union (EU) with a view to assessing how the UK’s […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Jonathan Miller, Maeve Binchy, and the neurophysiology of general practice
Jonathan Miller is in the news again. His biography pushed him back into the limelight, and although the media focused on his ongoing spat with Sir Peter Hall, it reminded […]
Douglas Noble: US healthcare and the Harkness fellowship
Having decided to write a blog during this academic year living in the US, I hadn’t anticipated my tardiness would be because moving the family overseas was vastly more effort […]
Sophie Reshamwalla: Lifebox—is that the pulse oximeter charity?
Whenever I tell people I work for Lifebox, they often say, “Oh, is that the pulse oximeter charity?” I’ve heard this so many times now that it is easy to […]