Last week, during my exploration of the Medicines Act 1968, I discussed its provisions in relation to the promotion of sales of medicinal products, and the idea of a data […]
Year: 2018
Esmée Hanna: Patient dignity must be central to appropriate disposal of body parts
Dignity in healthcare should be enacted at every step of a patient’s care, including when parts of people’s bodies have to be disposed of, says Esmée Hanna […]
Matt Morgan: Health is not the lack of disease
Do we need a new breed of doctor to concentrate on function rather than malfunction? […]
Diversifying and decolonising the medical curriculum
Faye Gishen and Amali Lokugamage As patient populations grow increasingly diverse and complex, doctors and medical students should be equipped with the skills and knowledge to treat patients from minority […]
Giles Maskell: Time to put place based rivalry to rest
No one is by definition a better doctor because they work at a particular site […]
Sinéad Howley: We must not become complacent about folic acid supplementation
Folic acid is to be added to UK flour, according to newspaper reports. The Guardian report that ministers have agreed to folic acid fortification in an effort to reduce birth […]
Bistra Zheleva: Children, patients, and the young at last have a voice at the UN meeting on NCDs
The greater presence of young people and patients is an encouraging sign that the agenda is shifting, says Bistra Zheleva […]
Mei Wen: To grieve is to maintain empathy
In medicine, we walk the fine line between life and death every day. Students and doctors need to be given training and emotional space so that they can cope with […]
Walking in each other’s kingdom: A GP-consultant exchange scheme
The experience of observing a colleague in a different specialty can rekindle compassion for them and improves collaboration, say Adam Fraser, Sally Ross, and Pritti Aggarwal […]
Helen Salisbury and Elizabeth Swift: Improving gynaecology teaching and assessment
Key messages Medical students have long been taught how to do pelvic examination using plastic pelvic models (pictured) An alternative approach has seen lay clinical teaching associates teaching students how […]