According to Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” For good or ill we elect our representatives, they have the democratic mandate to […]
Month: August 2017
The overdiagnosis community targets solutions
Documenting overdiagnosis is the easy part. The real challenge is how to manage it […]
A good start for WHO: but the new DG election process needs an independent monitoring body
Ilona Kickbusch, Gian Luca Burci, Austin Liu A new election process After a “rollercoaster” year the World Health Organization (WHO) elected its ninth Director General (DG) in May 2017. The […]
Matt Morgan: The ward round is broken
We need a new way of working, argues Matt Morgan […]
A collective effort is needed to encourage patient centricity in ophthalmic research
Alastair K Denniston and Xiaoxuan Liu “Why is it so hard for you guys to have us in the room?” a patient asked. Addressing an audience of leading eye researchers, UK […]
Sara Turle and Andy Heeps: Having a patient in the room has changed the way we look at serious incidents
How can doctors work productively with patients, and what is the impact of doing so? […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—14 August 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Alice Hodkinson, David Spitzer, and Iona Heath: Overdiagnosis of end of life
Doctors are much more likely to cause problems by underdiagnosing end of life than by overdiagnosing it […]
Nikolina Skandali: How can Greece tackle its shortage of healthcare staff?
The number of doctors leaving Greece to work abroad is causing a shortage of medical staff in Greece. As a medical student, I have experienced both the British and Greek […]
Bernie O’Reilly: The impact of open disclosure for patients and healthcare staff
Patient advocacy was new to me when I joined Patients for Patient Safety Ireland (PFPSI) in 2015. It was established in 2013 by Margaret Murphy, External Lead Advisor at WHO […]