The nature of abortion provision is changing, and professionals must be alert to what any changes might mean for their conscience rights […]
Month: December 2017
Karen B Born et al: Learning how to choose wisely
Across the countries with Choosing Wisely campaigns, thousands of recommendations of “Things clinicians and patients should question” have been published. These lists and recommendations, familiar to many practising clinicians, outline tests, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 December 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Lulwa Al-Kilani: From one refugee to another, I hope you can go home soon
Since the start of the civil war, 165 000 South Sudanese refugees have fled the violence at home and crossed the border into Sudan’s White Nile state. Lulwa Al-Kilani, a […]
Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws
Recently, my home state of California made national headlines when it repealed an HIV criminalisation law and reduced penalties for exposing other people to the virus. It was a landmark […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Dropsies
During the years spanning the 100th anniversary of the 1914–18 war, The Daily Telegraph has, day by day, been publishing facsimiles of issues of the paper that appeared 100 years […]
Improving transparency and replicability of healthcare databases to increase credibility of “real world” evidence
Evidence generated from “real world” data (e.g. administrative claims and electronic health record databases), alongside clinical trials, is highly valuable for regulatory, coverage, and clinical decisions. While randomized clinical trials […]
Chris Bulstrode: The department for patients no-one else wants
Attendances are up again, and, to cope, we need to change our way of working […]
Manpreet Singh Khurmi and Muhammed Shaffi: The deaths of children in hospital in India
In August this year, the deaths of over 300 children were reported from the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, a large tertiary care centre in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India—with […]
Adam Steventon: Building evidence about NHS organisational change
Alongside the history of medicine is another history. The history of the organisation—and reorganisation—of the health service. Both pursuits have as their aim improvements to the care and treatment of […]