It’s that time of year again—yes, it’s changeover time. Thousands of new doctors are navigating their first weeks in a ward near you. Even though the statistics behind the fears […]
Month: August 2017
Charlotte Paddison: Public health is critical to creating a healthier financial future for the NHS
Channelling money into frontline care, while cutting away at public health, is a false economy […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—7 August 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Manuj C Weerasinghe and Sinha De Silva: It’s time to review strategies for dengue in Sri Lanka
Dengue fever was first detected in Sri Lanka in 1962. Although cases were initially sporadic, dengue has reached epidemic proportions during the past 15 years. Dengue fever used to show […]
Karim Brohi: Trauma networks and terrorist events—to care for many, care for one
In 2005, I was a senior specialist registrar in surgery at the Royal London Hospital and managed casualties from the 7/7 London bombings. Twelve years later, now a consultant trauma […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Hippopotamonstrosequipedaliophilia
Earlier this week, the media delightedly reported that Jacob Rees-Moggs had referred to floccinaucinihilipilification in a parliamentary speech. It comes from Latin: floccus, a wisp of wool, naucum, a trifle, […]
Sharon Roman: Breaking bad news—find a way to bridge the gap
There is no magic formula to giving a patient bad news, but a personal touch can help […]
Julian Savulescu and Peter Singer: Unpicking what we mean by best interests in light of Charlie Gard
We need to have an open debate about what we mean by best interests and how they are best served […]
Billy Boland: Isn’t it time for something radical to sustain our mental health workforce?
The reality of fewer psychiatrists is a problem that is not going to go away […]
Richard Smith: The rotavirus story—countering the commonest cause of diarrhoea
“I’m not talking to you about Ebola or Zika virus but about a virus that everyone in this room has had and everyone of your children and probably all children […]