Misinformation is a threat to everyone and we all have a role in challenging it at work and beyond, says Yathukulan Maheswaran […]
Year: 2020
Covid-19: How can we safely exit lockdown?
Loosening the lockdown too much now will not do our health, the economy, or people’s livelihoods any good, argue KK Cheng and Wenjie Gong […]
Sarah Armstrong: Covid-19 and care homes—why now is the time to invest in carers’ skills
This pandemic has underlined the vital work being done by care home staff and shown us that we must find more ways to support their skills, says Sarah Armstrong […]
Richard Lehman’s covid-19 reviews—11 May 2020
In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19 […]
Don’t call me junior!
A small mercy of the coronavirus lockdown is that there are so many great classic films on television. One of my favourites is “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” In […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Chains of exponentials
The story so far: I have previously described four different pattern of changes with time that exponential functions generate, depending on what is being measured and whether the exponent is […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 May 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Domestic violence during the covid-19 pandemic
At a time when many people are more vulnerable to domestic abuse, healthcare professionals should be extra vigilant of the signs, say Manás Dave and Neil Patel […]
Covid-19: The communication needs of D/deaf healthcare workers and patients are being forgotten
We need to ensure that in our response to covid-19, the rights of those with hearing loss are not forgotten, say Helen Grote and Fizz Izagaren […]
Reliable, real-world data on excess mortality are required to assess the impact of covid-19
Public trust in the data about covid-19 is important when entire populations are subject to extended lockdown, financial hardship and economic disruption. Concerns about the accuracy and timeliness of the […]