Earlier this month the Scottish government ordered an immediate halt to the use of vaginal mesh after mesh had contributed to a woman’s death in Edinburgh in August. The death followed […]
Month: September 2018
Why doctors should support regulated markets in illicit drugs
Drug policy affects health. Legalisation is needed not because drugs are safe but because they are risky, write members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Michel Kazatchkine, Pavel Bém, and […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—24 September 2018
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Martin McKee: Salzburg—what next for Brexit?
For close observers of the Brexit process, the only thing that was surprising about the EU’s rejection of the so-called Chequers deal at the European Council meeting at Salzburg was […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Must and should
Sometimes “must” and “should” get confused. The IndoEuropean root MED and its o-grade form MOD meant to measure or take appropriate measures, and hence to ponder, judge, or prescribe. Hence […]
Reginald Hall: Talking with the patient
Most doctors are very good at talking to the patient, but not so good at talking with them […]
Asif Munaf: Medicine—another bastion of the UK’s class divide?
Doctors should help students who lack the necessary support to navigate the tricky road towards medicine […]
Public health must not slip off the radar during Brexit negotiations
Grace Norman and Mark Weiss Earlier this year, when the then EU (Withdrawal) Bill was debated at length in the House of Lords, the Faculty of Public Health found itself […]
Tony Rao: Calling time on dumbing down our drinking culture
If we cannot rely on our government to observe the principle of being at “arm’s length” from the drinks industry, we wander into a storm that has the potential to […]
Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh: How not to talk about racial disparities in cancer outcomes
Stereotypical narratives can harm efforts to address racial disparities in cancer outcomes, say Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh […]