I am an engaged and informed patient with multiple chronic conditions. I am a patient advocate and a health strategist, and I care deeply for the patient experience. I work […]
Month: July 2017
Kathleen Thomas: Hospital bombardment—the new weapon of war?
It’s been 18 months since I witnessed the decimation of our fully functional hospital in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan by aerial bombardment. I still can’t find words to adequately describe the […]
Daniel Sokol: The Charlie Gard case—an ethicist in the courtroom
Daniel Sokol provides an ethicist’s point of view on the latest hearing in the case of Charlie Gard […]
Angela Coulter: The global reach of shared decision making
We’ve known for several decades that sharing evidence and decisions with patients leads to better care, but it’s still rare for patients to be given written information about treatment options […]
Juliet Dobson: Delivering access to contraception worldwide
Current economic and political climates are posing a threat to women’s sexual and reproductive rights […]
Stephen Bradley: Junior doctors can use the new contract to take back some control
The new contract for junior doctors poses many challenges, but it’s possible to use its terms to achieve a safer and fairer NHS […]
Billy Boland: Generation Y’s approach is a sensible strategy for resilience
I enjoyed reading Victoria Twigg’s piece on the training needs of Generation Y recently. It is obvious we need to think much more about what attracts people into medicine and […]
Gro Harlem Brundtland: Political commitment is the key to Universal Health Coverage
Universal health coverage is not just desirable, but eminently achievable […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—10 July 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Resistentialism
“Resistentialism is a philosophy of tragic grandeur. It … derives its name from its central thesis that Things (res) resist (résister) men. Philosophers have become excited at various times, says […]