It is a terrible indictment of our society that so many people of all ages live lonely and isolated lives […]
Month: February 2018
Elizabeth Romer: Changing the way we talk about people who use drugs is a step towards challenging stigma
In a recent BMJ Opinion article, Ian Hamilton expressed his scepticism that “adopting a new vocabulary to describe people who have problems with drugs will reduce the stigma they experience.” […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—12 February 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Kate Lovett: Women in medicine
We know that in many organisations and working cultures, equality is still far from a reality […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The wheel of evidence
Last week I discussed the concept of teleoanalysis, in which different types of evidence from disparate sources are analysed either simultaneously or sequentially. To be clear, the term implies not […]
Laurie Tomlinson: From patient to data and back again—how anonymised patient records can improve prescribing guidance
We often hear about the importance of “bench to bedside” medicine, how basic science research is translated into novel treatments. But this paper demonstrates an equally important concept: how anonymised […]
Richard Smith: Time to rethink marriage
At a meeting on the politics of marriage last week at the London School of Economics three protagonists of very different stripe—the founder of the Marriage Foundation, a feminist philosopher, […]
NEWS 2: An opportunity to standardise the management of deterioration and sepsis
For too long, we have allowed unnecessary variation to occur in critical processes across the NHS. This is particularly evident in the assessment of patients admitted with emergency conditions, and […]
Humanising birth: Does the language we use matter?
Language matters as a way of respecting women’s views and ensuring that they are empowered to make decisions […]
Managing the conflicts between private interests and public responsibility
The Global Fund partnership is an important mechanism for transferring funds from national, multilateral, and private donors to low and middle income countries to assist in the fight against AIDS, […]