With the nation still reeling from the shock of the recent Grenfell Tower fire in West London, in which so many of our most disadvantaged citizens died, Martin McKee reminds […]
Month: June 2017
Achieving universal health coverage in India: Inefficiency is the problem, not money
India is a land of contrasts and its provision of healthcare is no different. While wealthier people living in urban areas have access to high quality healthcare services, a vast […]
David Gilbert: Let’s talk about death—breaking the taboos that surround suicide
This article is all about death and suicide. It may not be an easy read. The first time I thought about suicide was when I was eight. Leeds Utd had […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—26 June 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Maria Hägglund: Electronic health records in Sweden—how can we go from transparency to collaboration?
I have had full access to my electronic health record (EHR) online since 2012, when Uppsala became the first region in Sweden to make EHR accessible to patients. I remember […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The Two Cultures—Leavis versus Snow
Last week I showed how the noun “culture” developed from the IndoEuropean root KWEL, which implied turning in different ways. “Culture” entered English in the 15th century with meanings related […]
Florence Wilcock: Black box thinking in maternity care
To err is human, but how do healthcare professionals move forward after being confronted with avoidable errors on their watch? […]
Anita Jain: A faulty prescription for pregnant women in India
The international media attention that a booklet for pregnant women has attracted should encourage the Indian government to correct any inaccurate information […]
Richard Smith: Has my mother been given “the gift of forgetting?”
This morning I read the line “The gift of forgetting” in a poem by Wisława Szymborska. Immediately I asked myself if it is a gift to forget, and quickly—and somewhat […]
Mark Porter: Health spending is a political choice—a choice from which our government is hiding
The Queen’s speech contained a couple of healthcare measures, calibrated to appeal without addressing the underlying crisis, says Mark Porter. […]