Nikhil Sanyal explores how palliative care and the doctor-patient relationship are complicated when that patient is a prisoner […]
Month: November 2019
The benefits and risks of public awareness campaigns: World Antibiotic Awareness Week in context
WAAW presents an opportunity for us all—around the world—to reflect on our relationships with antibiotics, now and into the future […]
Alf Collins: We still pay far too little attention to patient feedback, patient involvement, and patient leadership
I gave up on medicine very early in my career. When I started medical school in the seventies, it seemed to be a brutal business, with little thought given to […]
Please don’t reply all—why we need to learn e-tiquette
The aeroplane touches down and your holiday begins. “This time I’ll relax” you promise yourself while nervously pacing around the luggage carousal. You finally check-in to your modestly priced hotel […]
Standing up for effective communication: why we should sit
Despite considerable changes in the staffing and provision of acute care, the hospital ward round remains a defining moment for the doctor-patient relationship. The interaction may sometimes be brief, but […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Drug shortages: an operational definition
As I discussed last week, defining a drug shortage is problematic. First, there is the problem of ambiguity—distinguishing poor supply from shortage. Supply problems can occur even when there are […]
Kamaldeep Bhui and Jeremy Coid: Why we need place based responses to mental health problems
The social roots of psychiatric illness are more numerous than has been recognised, argue Kamaldeep Bhui and Jeremy Coid […]
Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—15 November 2019
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Abraar Karan: Why every doctor should write
Abraar Karan extols the benefits of writing and describes how it’s improved the care he provides to patients […]
Clinical teams are navigating a maze of national quality indicators
Quality indicators tend to proliferate over time in health systems, and the NHS in England is no exception. Tracking and measuring the quality of care has multiple functions, including holding […]