Paola Kruger talks about how she became a patient expert and helps provide support to other patients with her condition […]
Month: August 2019
Jacob Lurie and Anthony Nguyen: Medical students can help to provide the human touch in surgical settings
Medical students are uniquely placed to improve patients’ experience of surgery, say Jacob Lurie and Anthony Nguyen […]
Summer Finlay and Kate Armstrong: Indigenous languages must play a role in tackling noncommunicable diseases
In order to improve health outcomes for Indigenous people they must be involved in the creation and implementation of policies, this means a commitment to indigenous languages, say Summer Finlay […]
Nancy Berglas: Why prenatal care providers should pay attention to abortion
Changes in state abortion law mean that prenatal care providers must be prepared to support women unsure about their pregnancy options, says Nancy Berglas […]
Adam Briggs: Eating less red meat—a win for health and a win for the planet
The benefits of reduced meat consumption would be twofold, says Adam Briggs […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . “Nothing is not a poison”
Paracelsus was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and astrologer, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim in about 1493. He died in 1541, and his Sieben Defensiones, written in 1538, were […]
Martin McKee: Turbocharging British science? Boris Johnson’s proposals promise much but will deliver little
Boris Johnson’s claim that the UK will become a “supercharged magnet” for scientists post-Brexit is poles apart from the realities of losing free movement, says Martin McKee […]
Virginia Minogue and Bill Wells: Patients and the public are essential to reducing research waste
To maintain efficiency in medical research we have to facilitate and empower participants, patients, and the public to recognise waste and take action, say Virginia Minogue and Bill Wells […]
J Robert Sneyd: The US’s decision to resume the death penalty puts the wider public at risk
The reintroduction of federal executions in the US, the refusal of regulated drug manufacturers to provide the means, and reckless government behaviour will create a risky combination for public health, […]
Zack Hassan: Digital literacy—a blind spot in medical education?
The medical world is abuzz with the potential of new technologies, but to translate this into better healthcare, medical training has to keep pace, says Zack Hassan […]