Don’t get frustrated, get involved, say Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan […]
Month: February 2020
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The Oxford comma
In his inaugural Presidential address on 4 March 1801 Thomas Jefferson enunciated what he called “the essential principles of our government”. The list (see the Box) included “Peace, commerce, and […]
David Oliver: Outdated rants provide no solutions for a modern NHS
Earlier this week, Norman Tebbit, a high profile cabinet minister and spokesperson during Margaret Thatcher’s government, used a Daily Telegraph column to share his views on solutions for the crisis […]
Why do we wait until emergency vaccines are necessary before recognising we need them?
As the outbreak of this new coronavirus continues to escalate, efforts to develop a vaccine against 2019-nCoV are intensifying. With several now in development, this is critical work that must […]
Iona Heath and Ole Hartling: Assisted dying—a form of abandonment?
A doctor employed at a Danish hospice told me (OH) that a patient, close to death, might well ask him to put an end to his miserable existence, but when […]
George Carey: Former archbishop says Christians should support legal physician assisted dying
Doctors should avoid supporting a status quo that leads to great suffering, says Lord George Carey […]
Why are so many doctors quitting the NHS?
The Mayday call went out—an urgent response was received. We have at last begun to ask the right questions, say Hannah Wilson and Arabella Simpkin […]
The power of shared data to better understand drug safety
Joshua D. Wallach, Harlan M. Krumholz, Joseph S. Ross Over the past few years, the clinical trial data sharing landscape has changed dramatically. As a result of concerns regarding the […]
Tara Lamont: Finding the research which matters
Evidence does not speak for itself. We need to hold it up against what we know and do and make sense of the findings for ourselves. There are tools and […]
When public health met body positivity: reactions to CRUK’s obesity campaign
Tanisha Spratt, Susan Jebb, and Paul Aveyard consider the reactions to CRUK’s 2019 obesity campaign and the lessons that can be learnt […]