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Month: May 2019
Karin Huster and Justin Healy: Congo’s Ebola epidemic—a failed response and the need for a reset
The global health community needs the humility to acknowledge that we have failed once again in an Ebola epidemic, say Karin Huster and Justin Healy […]
Let’s make sure that doctors are heard to speak out on climate change
School children have taken to the street again today to protest against climate change. Hundreds of thousands of young people are estimated to have taken part in today’s school climate […]
Doctors’ messes: we want free, high quality accommodation for foundation doctors
Making real, measurable change in a cash-strapped environment can be difficult. You identify the problem, you create a solution, but where’s the money to implement it? Plus, there’s still doctoring […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Outcomes, primary and secondary
In my recent articles on how outcomes are assessed in clinical studies I have covered the minimal clinically important difference (MCID), a measure of how large a change in the […]
Kaisa Immonen: Industry links with patient organisations—transparency is fundamental
Transparency has tended to be approached in a defensive manner, but it should instead be seen as an opportunity, says Kaisa Immonen […]
Inflexibility in specialty training is at the heart of the NHS specialty recruitment crisis
Only 37% of foundation doctors went straight into specialty training during the last recruitment round. This is a dramatic decrease from 71% in 2011. There is no doubt that the […]
Helen Stokes Lampard: We should extend GP consultations to 15 minutes, or longer
Our patients are so much more than their symptoms and diseases; as general practitioners it’s our role to decipher what’s really going on and to make the most comprehensive and […]
Abraar Karan: Making sure patients understand and that doctors do too
Abraar Karan considers a case that made him confront how much is lost or misunderstood in doctor-patient communication […]
Ramani Moonesinghe: Keep up, keep up! Can we improve how the NHS adopts new technology?
It is well acknowledged that we are living in a time of rapid technological advancement which is unparalleled in history. Scientists, politicians, and philosophers are openly debating the impact of […]