We tend to revere our older colleagues for their clinical wisdom, but this should not compromise patient care […]
Year: 2018
David Oliver: A matter of trust—doctors, the NHS, patients, and the public
The public still have high levels of trust in doctors as a profession, but we must not take that trust for granted […]
Michel Kazatchkine: Winds of hope on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia?
The announcement by UNAIDS that some 21 million people living with HIV are now on treatment uncovers an extraordinary achievement and one of the great global health milestones of this […]
Mihály Kökény and Gyula Kincses: Health can be a unifying issue in an era of polarised politics
Hungary is experiencing a deepening crisis in healthcare, but it is possible for parties of different interests to work together […]
Richard Smith: How medicine is destroying itself
We need to change the course of medicine from a battle that can never be won to a humane enterprise […]
John Brennan: What can the QI movement learn from evidence based medicine?
As a recently trained GP, I am well versed in the ways of evidence-based medicine. It is the bedrock upon which my medical training was based, and one of the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—19 February 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical catachresis—confusibility
Catachresis (Greek κατάχρησις, from χρῆσθαι to use, κατά giving a sense of perversion) is the mistaken use of one term for another. When not due to sheer ignorance, it can […]
Peter Brindley: The past just ain’t what it used to be
Peter Brindley contemplates how Victorian medicine and its failings holds up a mirror to medicine now […]
Brenda Kelly and Filsan Ali: The narrative around FGM needs to move beyond prosecution
Communities must be listened to and grassroots expertise enlisted if we are to end this practice […]