We need to change the course of medicine from a battle that can never be won to a humane enterprise […]
Month: February 2018
John Brennan: What can the QI movement learn from evidence based medicine?
As a recently trained GP, I am well versed in the ways of evidence-based medicine. It is the bedrock upon which my medical training was based, and one of the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—19 February 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical catachresis—confusibility
Catachresis (Greek κατάχρησις, from χρῆσθαι to use, κατά giving a sense of perversion) is the mistaken use of one term for another. When not due to sheer ignorance, it can […]
Peter Brindley: The past just ain’t what it used to be
Peter Brindley contemplates how Victorian medicine and its failings holds up a mirror to medicine now […]
Brenda Kelly and Filsan Ali: The narrative around FGM needs to move beyond prosecution
Communities must be listened to and grassroots expertise enlisted if we are to end this practice […]
Richard Hurley: End of life care—the assisted dying debate continues
Assisted dying remains deeply contentious for all […]
Dawn P Richards: The patient as a person
We need to recognise individuals as more than simply a patient […]
Kamal R Mahtani on telephone triage: The scale-up of innovations must have a robust evidence base
Telephone triage has been hailed as a way to let GPs work smarter, not harder, but is its widespread diffusion justified? […]
Farhana Mann and Sonia Johnson: Addressing loneliness will take more than appointing a minister
Enthusiasm must be matched by evidence and one size will not fit all […]