Earlier this week, many thousands of NHS staff across England and Northern Ireland took part in a four hour strike in protest at the government’s refusal to implement the 1% […]
Month: November 2014
Eddie Chaloner: Kajaki—playing my part as medical adviser on a war film
It’s not every day that one is asked to get involved in making a major war film, so when I received an email about the Kajaki movie project through the […]
Richard Smith: What is RRI and was I the wrong Richard Smith?
“I’d like to introduce Richard Smith, who is professor of philosophy at Durham University, an expert on epistemology, and chair of several European committees, who will speak on conflict of […]
The BMJ Today: Tomorrow’s World for doctors, and how hospitals are evicting patients today
I used to love watching Tomorrow’s World as a child to see how scientists thought we might be living in 10 or 20 years. I remember being told that we […]
Jonathon Tomlinson: What are we afraid of?
Review of Atul Gawande: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Profile Books Margaret McCartney: Living with Dying. Pinter and Martin Surgeon, professor, and best selling writer Atul […]
Pritpal S Tamber: Moustaches, fund raising, and independence from the current healthcare system
I am growing a moustache. This is not the kind of thing you usually need to broadcast, but I am growing it as part of Movember because I believe these […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—24 November 2014
NEJM 20 November 2014 Vol 371 1963 The melanoma trials last week got me thinking about how the current model of cancer drug research lets down trial participants and dying […]
The BMJ Today: Why are we bringing back smoking?
As an ex-smoker who gave up the habit with huge difficulty 30 years ago, I have been pleased at the way smoking has become increasingly invisible in my life. First […]
David Zigmond: Payments for diagnosing dementia—what are the hidden costs?
Payment by results in matters of complex welfare can easily subtract from, rather than add to, our greater good. The recent and mooted NHS initiative for payment by results—to pay […]
Paul Laboi: Making dialysis care more person centred
It’s increasingly recognised that empowering people to take a greater role in managing their healthcare is beneficial for both patients and healthcare professionals, especially for those living with long term […]