A wise man once said that he knew nothing at all except that he knew that he knew nothing at all. Socrates would have made a good medical student. Chronic […]
Month: April 2013
Narinder Kapur on using Gandhi’s teachings to inspire charitable work
As a follower of Gandhi, I was always fascinated by the subtitle of his autobiography—”Experiments with truth.” Gandhi noted, “Far be it for me to claim any degree of perfection […]
Kate Elder and Jennifer Cohn: Vaccines in developing countries: why the high prices?
Global health leaders will gather in Abu Dhabi on 24 and 25 April for a vaccine summit to discuss recent accomplishments and seek ways to expand the impact of childhood […]
Georgios Lyratzopoulos on the NAEDI and the Ca-PRI conferences, 2013
In retrospect, 1999 could be seen as the low point for cancer control policy in the UK. In that year, the Eurocare 2 study showed that the survival of patients […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—22 April 2013
JAMA 17 Apr 2013 Vol 309 1607 Why do some babies get colic every evening until they are about three months old? Dunno. Why do some children and adolescents get […]
Damien Brown: Working for MSF in South Sudan
My second day in South Sudan, the start of a nine month posting with MSF in this war torn, dustbowl of a town called Nasir, and I’m standing here in […]
Domhnall MacAuley: International Quality Forum, day 3
When it all goes wrong, that’s when you are really tested. Quantas pilot Captain David Evans described what happened when an engine disintegrated in mid air on Flight QF32 and […]
Luisa Dillner: Identity and humanity at TEDMED, day 3
It’s at the end of a long TEDMED day that Andrew Solomon comes onto the stage. He looks a bit shiny, with a smart blue suit (did no one tell […]
Domhnall MacAuley: International Quality Forum, day 2
“Stroke care was woeful,” said Dame Ruth Carnall, former chief executive of NHS London, in her sobering account of efforts to change the system. Less than 1% of patients had […]
David Lock: Should the NHS fund assisted conception for lesbian couples?
Amongst the issues in the in-tray of CCGs, the issue of funding for assisted conception (typically either intrauterine insemination or IVF) for lesbian couples is not highest on the agenda, […]