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Month: January 2017

Nethmi Vithanage: What’s in a name?

January 24, 2017

I consider myself a global citizen. My country of birth is different to my nationality on my passport, which again is different to its place of issue, which again is […]

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Julia Pakpoor and Shivan Sivakumar: Is high hanging fruit high value?

January 24, 2017

In the face of chronic non-communicable diseases, the mantra goes, prevention is better than cure. If we know what causes disease, and if we can prevent its risk factors, we […]

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Marica Ferri: What can we learn from the evidence based medicine manifesto?

January 24, 2017

The Evidence Based Medicine Manifesto (EBM manifesto) has been launched to improve the implementation of evidence based interventions by pulling together a clear set of achievable goals, and a strong […]

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Richard Smith: Dumfries and Galloway NHS 2—Recruitment is the number one problem

January 24, 2017

Richard Smith visited and wrote about the NHS in Dumfries and Galloway in 1980, 1990, and 1999, and this series of blogs describes what he found in 2016. A feature […]

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Jennifer McCaughan and Aisling E Courtney: Is balancing risk the most important skill in clinical medicine?

January 24, 2017

Every decision, both in life and in medicine, involves a balance of risk: the decision to go on holiday balances the risk of travelling to and staying in a foreign […]

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Diana Zuckerman: “What does it mean to march for women in 2017?”

January 23, 2017

Did the Women’s March on Washington, across the US, and in major cities around the world have anything to do with medical care? Yes and no. I’ve lived and worked […]

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Daniel R Lucey: “Much more must be done to implement post-Ebola reforms”

January 23, 2017

In a recent Analysis in The BMJ, Suerie Moon and colleagues convincingly argue that not enough has been done to implement actions recommended by seven post-Ebola reports in order “to […]

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Global health, Guest writers1 Comment

Richard Smith: Dumfries and Galloway NHS I—The three priorities of the chief executive

January 23, 2017

Richard Smith visited and wrote about the NHS in Dumfries and Galloway in 1980, 1990, and 1999, and this series of blogs describes what he found in 2016. A feature […]

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BMJ winter charity appeal: “Orbis was the platform from which I progressed”

January 23, 2017

The year was 1992 and the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital had landed at Chiang Mai International Airport in the north of Thailand. Its mission: to provide training and mentorship to […]

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Richard Lehman’s journal review—23 January 2017

January 23, 2017

NEJM  19 Jan 2017  Vol 376 Transmission of drug resistant TB Tuberculosis in Europe used to be known as the White Death, and that is the title of the best […]

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