Overstretched and underfunded, these are commonly cited challenges for healthcare—and ones that are difficult to overcome. My Dad used to talk to me about the “zone of proximity,” and I’m old […]
Month: May 2017
Ilona Kickbusch: The new director general of WHO and the politics of global health
Ilona Kickbusch discusses the challenges that Dr Tedros will face and how he will need to apply his political focus and determination […]
Elizabeth Loder: The journal that never sleeps
Elizabeth Loder explains why decision letters from The BMJ often arrive quickly and at odd hours […]
The “new-and-improved” American Health Care Act looks little improved
As the CBO reports that the AHCA could result in million of Americans losing healthcare insurance, Allan M. Joseph and William H. Seligman assess what impact this will have […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 May 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Tanu Pramanik: Teaching caring and compassionate communication
Work environments that support caring and compassionate communication with patients provide foundations on which high quality, patient centred care can flourish. Nothing tests communication skills so much as breaking bad […]
Hannah Wilson: Feeding back on feedback
We are all asked for feedback. We all receive feedback and then feedback on the feedback. This almost obsessive behaviour with feedback, in many cases, means the emphasis on the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Diffusion + dissemination = promulgation
As I have previously discussed, although the idea of translational research did not start to emerge as such until the 1980s, it had roots in the idea of “diffusion of […]
Iain Overton: What can Manchester learn from healthcare responses to other Western terror attacks?
Iain Overton discusses how health services responded to the London 7/7 bombings and the Boston Marathon attack. […]
Sarah Walpole: Taking risks and making changes—lessons from Brazil
“For people to change, they need to connect,” Professor Pavao said to me on the car journey into UNESP university, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. It was my second day of […]