Pressure damage isn’t new, Florence Nightingale herself identified that in some circumstances pressure ulcers could be attributed to deficits in nursing care. We have known about pressure damage for a […]
Month: June 2015
The BMJ Today: Are conflicts of interest in medicine so bad?
• The NEJM has been wondering if conflicts of interest in medicine are really so bad? In a blistering essay, Robert Steinbrook, Jerome Kassirer, and Marcia Angell, former senior editors […]
Marika Davies: Virtual ethics—could 3D avatars help prepare doctors to deal with ethical dilemmas?
The news that virtual reality is making a comeback is likely to meet with a mixed reception in the world of medical education. Concerns were recently raised that simulation should […]
Toby Shipway: Down the wire
“Down the wire” is the process of winching down and up from a helicopter to locations otherwise inaccessible. It’s a phrase that I associate with films involving Navy Seals, the […]
The BMJ Today: Stand up to keep fit
• According a news story, standing and light activity for two hours per day during work hours is recommended for those in roles which are for the most part sedentary. The advice […]
Neel Sharma: Validation in medical education—from classroom to curriculum
In clinical research there is typically a transition from cell based analysis, animal work, and human involvement before any form of intervention, be it diagnostic or treatment based, is deemed valid […]
Katherine Sleeman: Assisted dying is about more than autonomy
Last month, Jeffrey Spector, a business man from Lancashire, travelled to Switzerland to receive assistance to die. He had been diagnosed six years earlier with an inoperable spinal tumour, which […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—1 June 2015
NEJM 28 May 2015 Vol 372 2087 Now that the NEJM has flagged up its position on conflicts of interest, it’s definitely a case of caveat lector—looking hard at what […]
The BMJ Today: “Rapid responses are wonderful”
Michael Stone praises The BMJ’s article based post publication peer review in a weekend rapid response to my feature marking the 20th anniversary of the journal’s website last week. They “allow for an […]