Yueju Liu,Yanling Su, Han Li, Juan Wang, and Yingze Zhang reflect on the past and present of government funded healthcare in China. Urban healthcare reform from 1949 to 1993 After […]
Month: November 2013
Tiago Villanueva: Is active travel good for health?
If you thought Australia was the envy of the rest of the world in terms of having the most physically active people, think again. Peter McCue, executive officer for the […]
Katherine Sleeman: Dying people need care, not just care plans
Exactly three months after Julia Neuberger recommended that the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) should be phased out in the UK, the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the LCP was […]
David McCoy: Ecology, politics, economics, and violence—the wider role of health professionals
Last Saturday saw more than 250 people attend a Medact conference on the interfaces between health, politics, ecology, economics, and violence. There were about 30 speakers including well known figures […]
Mike Davis: Is a team leader born or made?
I am writing this after attending the 25th European Resuscitation Council Symposium in Krakow, where colleagues from Europe and beyond, and across a range of specialties, gathered to explore developments […]
Billy Boland: The answer to leadership is greater than 7.3
Multi-source feedback and I didn’t get off to a great start when I found out that, when it came to being a doctor, my colleagues rated me as 7.3. I […]
Suchita Shah: Polio resurgence in Syria—the importance of vaccination in wartime
Today, on Remembrance Day, while the nation remembers the fallen, battles continue to rage throughout the world. Alongside wars, the scourge of disease is claiming victory over the weak and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 November 2013
NEJM 7 Nov 2013 Vol 369 1783 When you’ve already tried dasatinib and nilotinib, should your thoughts be turning to ponatinib? In case you’re wondering what I’m talking about, these […]
Gabriel Scally: International health starts at home
The sheer number (more than 600) and range of exhibitors that set up stall at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting is, for me, one of the most interesting […]
Sandeep Kumar Panigrahi: Infectious disease surveillance in India
On the occasion of its Golden Jubilee, the Indian Academy of Paediatrics launched Project “Uday” (meaning Rising), which aims to develop an early warning system for paediatric diseases in India […]