The cost of providing care during a pandemic is seeing firsthand the evolution of medical knowledge, and wishing current data could have guided past decisions, says Eric Kutscher […]
Month: September 2020
Perry Crofts: Studying medicine affected my mental health—here’s what I learnt
Perry Crofts shares how the competitive culture of medicine and his worries about the stigma of “not coping” took its toll on his mental health […]
Nicky Philpott: Priorities for a #HealthyRecovery
There are many comparisons that can be made between climate change and coronavirus: both are causing widespread harm to health, and require urgent worldwide collaboration and action to prevent greater […]
Covid-19 shows that the lives of people with a learning disability are still not treated as equal
A pandemic does not abrogate our responsibility to protect the lives and human rights of people with a learning disability, says Keri-Michѐle Lodge […]
Managing our expectations as we return to clinical school
As students return to medical school after the disruptions caused by covid-19, they should be keeping their expectations realistic, advise Laura Nunez-Mulder, Mahmoud Elbahnasawi, and Saakshi Bansal […]
Covid-19 is magnifying the digital divide
The covid-19 pandemic has precipitated a digital boom in healthcare, with radical digitisation reported in countries around the world. [1] As the initial peak declines, the NHS is relying on […]