Medical schools need to do more to foster future practitioner wellbeing and resilience […]
Month: April 2018
Free breast alteration surgery in India’s Tamil Nadu: Is there a case for public funding?
Prioritising cosmetic surgery is debatable given the many critical unmet health needs among women […]
Unreported clinical trial of the week: effectiveness of ketamine for treating cocaine dependency (NCT01535937)
Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]
Claire Helm: It is time for a new national planning framework for the NHS to realistically address unfunded growth in demand
Before each financial year NHS providers and commissioners are set performance and financial requirements for the next twelve months. The NHS is under substantial financial and operational pressure. So the […]
David Nott: Crossing red lines in Syria
The Syrian Civil War has passed its seventh anniversary. What started as a peaceful demonstration in March 2011 has ended up being one of the biggest failures of standards of […]
Julian Sheather: What role for conscientious objection in medicine?
What do we mean by conscience? What part, if any, should it play in medical practice? Should health professionals be free to object to providing lawful treatments on the grounds […]
Neena Modi: Health is the product of far more than healthcare
Good healthcare requires a clinical workforce with a shared sense of purpose and a well-functioning healthcare system […]
Elizabeth Loder: Rich journals, poor journals, and why we should mind the gap
Elite medical journals are resource-rich but lower-tier journals struggle […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—9 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Adam White: Balancing the benefits and risks of banning the tackle in school rugby
In March 2016, the Sport Collision Injury Collective, backed by over 80 academics and doctors, called upon the UK and devolved governments to remove the tackle from physical education rugby […]