More and more, organisations are seeking to push the envelope towards “co-production” of research […]
Month: November 2017
Return failing drug and alcohol detoxification services to NHS control
We must draw attention to the evisceration of a previously well-functioning addiction treatment system […]
Scott O Lilienfeld: The role of psychiatrists in the age of Trump
The rise of Trump has ignited fierce debate about the Goldwater rule, but what, if anything, would a formal diagnosis of Trump tell us? […]
Jay Lemery et al: We need climate doctors
There is a looming healthcare crisis, and we are woefully short of doctors… Sound familiar? Except in this case, we are talking about the “biggest global health threat of the […]
Nishma Manek and David Haslam: Denigration of general practice is still rife
We must confront systematic denigration within medical training, and foster mutual respect between specialties […]
Richard Smith: Angry at the delay, waste, and inefficiency caused by medical journals
A friend from a middle income country writes to me in despair about the way he and his colleagues have been treated by medical journals. His story made me angry […]
Kieran Walsh: How to avoid an F in your medical exams
The first time I read Richard Benson’s book on how to get an F in your exams, I was seriously worried about the future of civilization. When asked for an […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—27 November 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Intro and outro: exnovation and outroduction
Last week I discussed the use of the word “de-adoption” in the title of a paper recently published in The BMJ: “De-adoption and exnovation in the use of carotid revascularisation”. […]
Anita Charlesworth: The NHS can’t continue to live in this hand to mouth way
It’s a topsy, turvy world—Phil Hammond delivered his autumn budget, the first after the general election, and announced some of the starkest economic news for years. Ten years after the […]