Professor Aktan has written an update to his previous blog about a new Turkish law which forbids medical treatment of injured protesters without state permission. The law is now signed […]
Month: February 2014
Kieran Walsh: Medical education—high value but high cost?
Medical education has undergone many reforms over the past thirty years. Medical students of the past spent much time learning things they didn’t need to know—today medical education is curriculum […]
Billy Boland on quality improvement at the NHS Leadership Academy
The first residential for the NHS Leadership Academy felt barely five minutes ago, so I balked as I realised how much there was to do for the next. The reading […]
Tiago Villanueva: Are vegetarian diets better for health?
One might think that vegetarian diets are better for one’s health, but that is not necessarily the case, as it is possible to be vegetarian and consume predominantly “empty calories” […]
Vijayaprasad Gopichandran: The doctor-patient relationship—from blind faith to strategic trust
The relationship between a physician and their patient is a sacred covenant which is fundamental to successful clinical outcomes. From Hippocratic times when there was a strong tinge of altruism associated […]
Desmond O’Neill: Transport and health
The Goldfinch, the eagerly awaited third novel of Donna Tartt, featured on many of our Christmas reading lists. As I devoured this wonderful repositioning of the Dickensian novel into the […]
David Lock: Should accident victims who get a payout be entitled to free NHS care?
At a time when NHS bodies are under more financial pressure than ever before there is one anomaly which is worth highlighting. Personal injury victims can be paid damages on […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—3 February 2014
NEJM 30 Jan 2014 Vol 370 There is very little in the print journals this week, and JAMA is taking a week out, so this seems like a good opportunity […]
William Cayley: It’s not just the patient’s story that matters
Each patient’s story matters. It tells us who the patient is, and how he or she came to the present point or predicament. The story gives nuance, meaning, perspective, and […]