For some healthcare workers covid-19 has crossed the boundary from their professional into their personal lives, affecting how they feel about their work, explains Sukhpreet Singh Dubb […]
Year: 2020
Structural racism in society and the covid-19 “stress test”
Hot on the heels of The BMJ’s special edition on Racism in Medicine, the covid-19 pandemic has produced a “stress test” for everyone concerned about structural racism in healthcare. The […]
If we do not address structural racism, then more black and minority ethnic lives will be lost
Covid-19 brings into stark view how racial inequalities within the health sector have been damaging, detrimental, and deadly […]
Richard Smith: How can we achieve a healthy recovery from the pandemic?
I recently saw a cartoon that has uncomfortably embedded itself in my brain: it shows a relatively small tidal wave that is the pandemic, followed by a bigger tidal wave […]
Contact tracing for covid-19 in low- and middle-income countries
In the absence of an effective vaccine or treatment, the key measures to control the covid-19 pandemic are testing and isolating cases, and then tracing and quarantining potential contacts. But […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Retraction
The retraction yesterday of two publications, one in The Lancet and one in the New England Journal of Medicine, reflects a current major problem with research into the management of […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—5 June 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Covid-19: changes to GP assessment should only be the beginning
The pandemic presents an opportunity to change the assessment of general practitioners for the better, says Kamal Sidhu […]
Will we take this opportunity to reboot for the sake of the planet?
As we loosen the lockdown and start taking steps back to “normal” life for the sake of the economy, do we have the courage to consciously choose a different path, […]
Tessa Richards: Will covid-19 change conferences for the better?
Today’s rapidly convened virtual events are pointing the way to a greener, more inclusive future Spare a thought for conference organisers. Over recent months covid-19 has put paid to months […]