In the extraordinary months since covid-19 started, NHS healthcare professionals have found themselves in a surreal situation, straddling two distinct realities. On the one hand, there is such enormous gratitude […]
Year: 2020
Patients’ emotions matter in the regulation of medicines
Regulatory decisions about medicines need to be informed by the emotional as well as the physical impact of living with medical conditions and having to balance the risks and benefits […]
Reclassifying endometriosis as a syndrome would benefit patient care
Recognising endometriosis as a syndrome would refocus treatment away from surgical eradication of lesions towards multidisciplinary care for complex symptoms such as chronic pain. […]
Beyond checklists: Seeing the patient in technicolour
When I swapped my purple Public Health consultant badge two years ago for an orange foundation year badge on the medical wards, I knew that there would be challenging weeks. […]
Harriet Kinahan: Stepping off the treadmill—the reality of taking a year out of medical school
Harriet Kinahan describes why taking a year out of medical school will help her protect her wellbeing and become a better doctor […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Anecdata
As I wrote in January of this year, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is updated every three months (“on a quarterly basis” as they put it—they mean “quarterly”). Two recent […]
What to say to a 7 year old terrified by climate change?
How can we support children who are worried about climate change? Richard Smith, David Pencheon, and Frances Mortimer look at how we might find hope through action […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 August 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Palliative care during the covid-19 pandemic: reflections from a junior doctor
As a junior doctor with an interest in palliative care, I have seen more death than most twenty five year olds. Despite its place in the medical school curriculum, nothing […]
The Coronavirus Act is a reminder of how mental and physical health legislation treats patients differently
The Coronavirus Act 2020, enacted in light of the covid-19 pandemic, is a timely reminder that Descartes’ philosophy of Cartesian Duality—a theory that the mind and body are conceptually distinct—has […]