In Britain we have had a row over whether a judge, Elizabeth Butler Sloss, should chair an inquiry into child abuse. Everybody agrees that she has the necessary skills and […]
Year: 2014
Tessa Richards: Go with the flow
Legend has it that the Anglo-Saxon king Canute believed his command could hold back the tide. Last week, Financial Times columnist Robert Shrimsley conjured up Canute’s image, as he describes how […]
Ike Anya: What can mobile phone polling tell us about population health?
One Friday afternoon in May, I sat in my local library in London, surrounded by young men and women, who looked mostly like students studying for examinations. As they buried […]
The BMJ Today: Society and healthcare
Recently, The BMJ published two articles that address important areas of contact between medicine and society. One deals with the best way to deter scientific fraud, the other with potential changes […]
Alison Cameron: Coming out of the box
I acquired a new label recently. I was named by the Health Service Journal as one of 50 “inspirational women” in healthcare. Quite something for someone who is not in the […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: Regenerative medicine—where miracles and science overlap
Regenerative medicine. I did not know it existed until I began working with the Marine Corps. Even writing “regenerative medicine” reminds me that I am not in Bangladesh anymore, trying […]
The BMJ Today: Helping GPs make better decisions
After being one year out of clinical practice, and working full time in medical editing at The BMJ, I decided to take some time off from work and return this […]
Richard Smith: Three myths blocking progress against NCD
The church at the House of St Barnabas was standing room only to hear Professor Robert Lustig, a paediatric endocrinologist from San Francisco, castigate our current attempts to counter the […]
Gitau Mburu: Why communities should care about WHO’s antiretroviral guidelines
A year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued revised and consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. These guidelines included a key […]
The BMJ Today: Laws on money and sex
Being a doctor can sometimes feel glamorous. Soon after graduating from medical school, I found myself on a high floor of a fancy hotel in downtown Chicago, waking up to […]