I work as a paediatrician in a primary care centre in Madrid. It is the area in Spain that has been hardest-hit by the covid-19 pandemic. Spain is currently the […]
Month: March 2020
Coronavirus is the vital wake up call for the bigger challenge, climate change
Within a space of a few months, we have seen our lives completely transformed by a virus. Our working lives digitised, cities emptied, and economies grinding to a halt. Last […]
Covid-19: The role of palliative care had to be adapted to manage this “ultra-emergency”
Raffaella Bertè and colleagues recount the experience of managing the covid-19 outbreak in a small town in Italy […]
Daniel Baker: No assumptions should be made about people’s quality of life irrespective of any disability
Daniel Baker, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, discusses his fears about covid-19 and whether he would receive critical care […]
Peter Brindley: Covid-19—Healthcare workers are scared but, in some ways, also lucky
For over 70 years my lucky corner of this lovely planet has enjoyed relative peace and prosperity. Despite this, we healthcare workers have rarely missed any opportunity to offer military […]
Vanessa Cutter: Covid-19—the corona cohort of soon-to-be doctors
I am a final year medical student at Newcastle Medical School. Last week I was told I would no longer be required to sit my final exams in the summer. […]
Extraordinary times: coping psychologically through the impact of covid-19
Covid-19 is changing our ways of working. It is also affecting the psychological health of staff. While individual doctors react differently to the crisis, we are already observing characteristic patterns […]
Dawn P Richards: Covid-19 is bringing unpredictability and fear to the rheumatology community
There is widespread concern and fear about what covid-19 will bring, says Dawn P Richards […]
Ian Hamilton: What will covid-19 mean for the illegal drug market and people dependent upon it?
This pandemic has the potential to amplify the risks and harms of using illicit drugs, argues Ian Hamilton […]
How should scientific academies respond to the planetary health crisis?
How can scientific institutions help with the global climate crisis? Cami Moss and Francesca Harris suggest 5 actions. This article is part of The BMJ’s Health in the Anthropocene collection. […]