There are more than 280 clinical trials for covid-19 registered so far in the EU clinical trial register and more than ten thousand articles have been published internationally since January […]
Month: August 2020
The taboo around the menopause in medicine leads to widespread human and economic loss
The menopause will affect half of the medical workforce. So why is the subject still cloaked in silence, asks Helena McKeown […]
Katharine Lawrence: Digital empathy in the age of coronavirus
The covid-19 pandemic has radically altered how we provide care to our patients, propelling us into the world of virtual healthcare delivery at a dizzying pace. Telehealth and its digital […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Laughter
Comprehensive though the list of phobias in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is, it omits some, notably gelotophobia. Nor does it include gelotophilia, katagelasticism, or gelasmus. The IndoEuropean root KLEG […]
Returning to clinical practice amid a pandemic
Returning to work can be a stressful time, but what is it like when the world is in the grip of a pandemic? […]
Paul Simpson: Why do authors keep breaking the fourth wall?
Writers should avoid unintentionally reminding readers that they are reading, says Paul Simpson […]
Fostering a sense of safety and support in times of uncertainty
Zach Ferraro and Evan Tannenbaum, residents in obstetrics and gynaecology, describe how their hospital has established new workflows that have allowed them to resume practice with something like normality […]
Catriona Gilmour Hamilton: Ensuring patients feel cared for in the era of Zoom medicine
We must ask patients what they think, what they would prefer, and tailor their care accordingly, says Catriona Gilmour Hamilton […]
Judith Dawson: Healthcare workers during covid-19—Dulce et Decorum est
Problems in the supply of PPE during the covid-19 pandemic are symptomatic of the ongoing neglect of doctors’ wellbeing, argues Judith Dawson […]
Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer—new evidence challenges traditional treatment
Jayant Vaidya describes how he and his team challenged the dogma of universal use of whole breast radiotherapy for breast cancer […]