During the years I have been talking to doctors about medical ethics, I have often heard it said that when push comes to shove, the rights dice are loaded in […]
Month: March 2013
Jonathan Rees: Scotland’s out of hours service
Most science—and I am going to include medicine here—is based on the idea that you build on the work of others. To do this meaningfully requires that you can challenge […]
Nataša Škaričić: Asim Kurjak’s appointment as dean of the faculty for health studies at the private International University, Dubrovnik
In 2006, Sir Iain Chalmers, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, accused Asim Kurjak, a former professor at the Zagreb School of Medicine, of repeated plagiarism and criticised […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik on a national snake bite survey in India
In January when I wrote a BMJ feature titled ” Snakebite: a forgotten problem,” little did I know that just two months down the line I would be part of […]
Jeremy Sare: Drug driving limits
Very few scientists become politicians, and this is hardly surprising. A scientist will usually only present a new finding once it has been carefully researched, tested, and peer reviewed, whereas […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 March 2013
JAMA 13 Mar 2013 Vol 309 997 Obstructive sleep apnoea is very, very common. In the preamble to this Australian study, a third of the adult population is accused of […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Speaking of mid Staffs…..
Who should resign this week? The blame game continues with more Mid Staffs finger pointing. As newspapers identify further unpleasant aspects of the wider tragedy, there is a risk that […]
B Ramana: Have health budgets changed much for India?
Last week India’s Union budget was passed by the Union finance minister P. Chidambaram. It was met with mixed reactions by markets and pundits. As a healthcare professional interested in […]
Balaji Ravichandran: Sugar is the new tobacco
Sugar is the new tobacco. It is dangerous, addictive, and toxic, and it cannot be controlled by education or legislation alone. This is a war, between public health and private […]
Richard Smith: The NHS and the private sector: a 70 year conversation
We’ve been having this conversation since at least 1945, said a member of the audience at this week’s Cambridge Health Network meeting on partnerships between the NHS and the private […]