Self-admission to hospital by patients with mental health disorders is possible in some countries and Norwegian authors were among the first to conduct a systematic review to evaluate its impact. […]
Month: August 2019
David Wrigley: Doctors will not be the agents enforcing a new “hostile environment”
As the UK stands on the verge of exiting the EU without a deal, the government has quietly shifted the enforcement of its new “hostile environment” onto the already overstretched […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Dose-response curves
Having started with Paracelsus’s observation that “only the dose determines that a thing is not a poison”, followed by discussions of chemical affinity and the Law of Mass Action, I […]
Charlotte Squires: A tale of three stethoscopes
Some years ago, as an earnest second year student, I walked into a shop opposite Edinburgh’s old medical school, and came out with a hunter green, entry level stethoscope. The […]
Emma Toman: Don’t underestimate the value of “non-training” junior doctor posts
Non training posts for junior doctors provide great benefits both for the junior doctors that choose them and the NHS, says Emma Toman […]
Paul Kagame: Transforming a continent with universal health coverage
Across Africa, millions of lives have been changed for the better by universal health coverage, but the work is far from complete, says Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda […]
Martin McKee: Healthcare has brought people together across the Irish border—now Brexit threatens what has been achieved
A no deal Brexit would tear up healthcare arrangements for Irish border communities and threaten the hard-won peace, says Martin McKee […]
Richard Smith: One person can change the world, and you can help
Greta can’t change the world alone, doctors should work with her […]
Sarah Markham: The mission to determine the top ten research priorities for occupational therapy
I struggle with depression so I am only too aware of the value of meaningful activity. It distracts me from the worst of my symptoms and helps me feel some […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The Law of Mass Action
As I discussed two weeks ago, Paracelsus’s well-known statement, first published in his Sieben Defensiones in 1564, that “only the dose determines that a thing is not a poison” suggested, […]