Joginder Anand, a longstanding reader of the BMJ, wants to know how we can encourage authors to respond. In a recent email he asks: “Should the BMJ not make it […]
Month: July 2013
Martin McKee: Coalition u-turns and how the EU is leading the way on smoking legislation
Is the UK coalition government losing its touch? It has just revealed how weak it is when faced with demands from its own supporters in big business and, specifically, in […]
Yusef Azad: The changing face of injecting drug use in the UK
One of the major successes in UK HIV prevention is the low rate of HIV amongst people who inject drugs (around 1%). However, there are a number of developments that […]
Domhnall MacAuley: On being an editor
Why be a medical editor? Pippa Smart, with whom I run a course for medical editors, asked me recently if she could reproduce something I had written. As a strong […]
Krishna Chinthapalli: The birth and death of the Liverpool Care Pathway
Birth of the pathway A few miles west of Mont Blanc, eighty years ago, Marie Curie arrived at a sanatorium in the foothills of the Alps to spend her final […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of Indian medical papers—16 July 2013
A sudden burst of massive untimely rainfall and the consequent floods in Uttarkhand last month has killed thousands of people and affected millions more. The good news is that there […]
Richard Smith: Race relations in Florida
Those of us outside the US think of holidays, sun, Disney, and orange juice when we think of Florida. We don’t even think of it as part of the slavery, […]
Deon Louw: The doctor, the environmentalist, and the gospel of sustainable healthcare
Let’s be honest. Lester Brown sounds like the name of a musician from the Deep South. In fact, Brown is an acclaimed scientist and I had the pleasure of attending […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—15 July 2013
JAMA 10 July 2013 Vol 310 149 Fifteen years ago, JAMA was my favourite journal. Its covers were always beautiful, thanks to M Therese Southgate’s choice of paintings and works […]
Ravikant Singh and Mridul Deka on the rescue effort in Uttarakhand
The recent flash floods in the mountain state of Uttarakhand struck some of the most holy temples in the Himalayas. Pilgrims from all parts of the country were trapped in […]