“We were deployed to attack civilians in their homes.” He stood in front of our 700 strong audience, bared the horrors of his experiences, and shared the pain of his […]
Month: November 2015
David Zigmond: Arguments about money are often about much else
When partnerships break down, money is an expected battleground. One of the most public and fiercely destructive examples is in the disintegrated marriage. Charge and countercharge escalate; then these are […]
Alisha Patel and Emma Pearson: Volunteering in rural South Africa
After two years of medical school and miserable weather, we decided it was time to take our newly found skills to a warmer climate. In summer 2015, we spent three […]
Richard Smith: What causes cholera? A Victorian debate
Yesterday I was in The Cholera Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh; today I’m reading about a highly emotional debate about the causes and treatment of cholera that took place in India […]
Jane Feinmann: Consumers co-design consumer friendly healthcare
I am one of 50 or so attendees on a one day course organised by the Point of Care Foundation learning how patients like myself can work as partners with […]
Patrick Cullen: Co-design for vulnerable patient groups—transforming patients’ experiences
Recently I attended a conference at the King’s Fund that focussed on transforming patient experience, particularly the experience of vulnerable patient groups. To me, the day felt as much like a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 November 2015
NEJM 12 Nov 2015 Vol 373 SPRINTing to conclusions OL There’s no denying that the research event of the week has been the online publication of the SPRINT hypertension trial. […]
Tom Jefferson: Happy birthday Ombudsman
The institution of the European Ombudsman celebrated its first 20 years of activity with a party for staff and all those who have and still are contributing to its work. […]
Mary E Black: How data science will change public health
We are living in a perfect storm: vast amounts of data and rapidly increasing, cheap computing power. The world is shifting towards basing decisions even more on data. I believe, […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Let’s twist again
The Indo-European root UER was not the only one that connoted twisting and turning. Others were PLEK, STREB, TERQ or TORQ, TERK, and UEI. Let’s start with PLEK, which in […]