Last year a colleague phoned a patient named in a BMJ practice article. The patient had consented to her story being published (it was about to go live), but had […]
Month: March 2013
Elizabeth Loder: Inventing disease and pushing pills
The recent 2013 Selling Sickness conference in Washington, DC was chock full of fascinating speakers. In an earlier blog I discussed my participation in a panel discussion at the conference, […]
David Zigmond: “Fixing the NHS is straightforward.” Really?
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Gerry Robinson tells us that “fixing the NHS is straightforward.” He writes with optimistic alacrity of pragmatic, logistical, data-fuelled managerial devices to sharpen […]
Desmond O’Neill: A sad day for human rights in Ireland
It is perhaps stating the obvious that the best mode for exercising human rights is while still alive: as the Vikings stated rather bluntly in their eddaic saga Hávamál, “there […]
Pritpal S Tamber: We don’t know what the NHS is for
Last week the people of Leeds successfully halted the NHS’ plans to reform children’s heart services, which included moving surgery to a neighbouring city. It was a great victory for […]
Tony Delamothe: TED 2013
The 29th annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, started as I remember several previous TEDs began: with two men with newly published books to sell proposing a future that […]
Sam Fosker: The Francis report—applications for the leaders of tomorrow
The main focus of the recent Francis report has been on the implications it has on the clinical and economic management of the NHS, but there are many lessons that […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 March 2013
JAMA 6 Mar 2013 Vol 309 887 The Greek for belt is zoster, while the Latin for girdle is cingulum. Add Greek for creeping (or snake) and you get herpes […]
Anant Bhan and Bhavna Dhingra: We need a comprehensive approach to women’s health in India
It has been a winter of discontent regarding the status of women in India, sparked by national outrage following the gruesome gang rape of a young trainee physiotherapist in Delhi. […]
Bridget Ugorji on how PATHS skills training is helping to save lives
Bridget Ugorji is a midwife at Hadejia General Hospital in Jigawa Northern Nigeria. On International Women’s Day, she shares her experiences of how the life saving skills training she received […]