What makes a good definition? There are five guidelines: • A good definition describes all the essential attributes of the definiendum, the thing being defined. To define something (Latin definire) […]
Year: 2018
Universal health coverage can best be achieved by public systems
Expanding coverage by ushering in the private sector results in inequities in access, argue Ramya Kumar and Anne-Emanuelle Birn […]
Kelly A. Foks and Crispijn L. van den Brand: CT decision guidelines in patients with minor head injury
As a neurologist and emergency physician, we see many patients with minor head injuries at the emergency department. We know that one or two in a hundred may have what […]
Helen Macdonald: How we label life experiences can lead to overdiagnosis
Helen Macdonald wraps up some final thoughts from the last day of Preventing Overdiagnosis […]
Helen Macdonald: Big people, big data, and big problems
Helen Macdonald discusses the key points from the 2nd day of Preventing Overdiagnosis […]
Giles Maskell: Scanxiety
We are all going to be feeling more of it in the future […]
Prescription only access to antibiotics could exacerbate health inequalities in LMICs
One standardised solution to antimicrobial resistance will not be appropriate across all settings, say Mishal S Khan and colleagues […]
Soumya Swaminathan: TB programmes should focus on people with highest risk of progression to disease
It is time for the TB community to identify new approaches to controlling this ancient disease […]
Richard Lehman and Magdalena Skrybant: A day at the PROMs
PROs are vital and flexible tools for designing clinical care to suit the needs and priorities of individual patients […]
Saffron Cordery and Suzie Bailey: Breaking the leadership mould
Last month, The King’s Fund and NHS Providers published their report looking at leadership in today’s NHS […]