Apparently one in 20 searches on Google are for health related topics. At the moment typing in a medical condition (such as diabetes) on Google produces links to reputable sites and […]
Month: February 2015
Mohammed Bahgat et al: Is the friends and family test a true feedback tool of NHS services?
The NHS friends and family test (FFT) was launched in April 2013 to support the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the opportunity to provide feedback […]
The BMJ Today: Childhood drowning outcomes—prevention is key
My Facebook feed was filled with complaints after the National Football League’s Superbowl broadcast last week. The target? A commercial from an insurer highlighting the importance of preventing childhood accidents. […]
Marika Davies: Doctors and death row—should doctors ever take part in executions?
The US Supreme court has put three executions in Oklahoma on hold while it considers a legal challenge to the state’s use of midazolam in its lethal injection protocol. This […]
The BMJ Today: Patient centered care
In May 2013 in The BMJ, a group of patients, clinicians, and editors called for a patient revolution, which would empower patients to “work in partnership . . . [with their […]
Aditya J Nanavati: How do surgeons reflect on surgical complications?
Losing a patient in the operating room is probably every surgeon’s worst nightmare. I recently happened to experience such an event. Not my first and probably not my last. Yet […]
Pallavi Bradshaw: Are medics increasingly at risk of being criminalised?
However clichéd it may sound, like most medics I wanted to be a doctor to help people. While we strive to do the best for our patients, there will be […]
Karl Swedberg and Inger Ekman on person centred care in Europe
The health systems of the European Union make up a central part of Europe’s social protection. They contribute to social cohesion and social justice as well as to sustainable development. […]
The BMJ Today: Readmission rates and a second look at torture
Readmission rates to hospitals are often used as markers for quality of care, although a consistent link between readmissions and quality has not been established. Leora I Horwitz and colleagues conducted a […]
Rahul K Parikh: Violence against doctors in the US
Late last month, Stephen Pasceri walked into a Boston hospital and asked someone to point him in the direction of his deceased mother’s surgeon, Dr Michael Davidson. When he found […]