There is no doubt that raising awareness about mental health is a good thing. We’ve campaigned to break down stigma, carried out research, and developed policy. We’ve encouraged people to […]
Month: October 2020
To all the consultants who have ignored me before
Being ignored on clinical placements is a deflating experience. Kanwal Ahmed, Salma Hashim, Mariyam Khankhara, and Ilhan Said share this composite account of how it has affected them and an […]
Andy Cowper: Tiers of a clown
New covid-19 restrictions in England may not go far enough and don’t address existing problems with test and trace, says Andy Cowper […]
Richard Smith: Population aging is a success and the cause of increases in healthcare costs: two shibboleths we should stop repeating
When I connected to the Forum annual lecture of the Academy of Medical Sciences yesterday I heard the president make two statements that you hear all the time—and might be […]
Covid-19: Better contact tracing could help save lives and the economy
Insights on how to improve contact tracing from a community pilot project The rates of daily infections are rising significantly. In order to save lives and to keep the UK […]
Graham Mackenzie: Viewing the covid-19 pandemic through the lens of social media
The covid-19 pandemic has had a sudden and brutal impact on everybody’s work, leisure, social and family life for the past eight months, with financial hardship for many. During lockdown […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—9 October 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Fifty years
Writing last week about the impossibility of planning without including elements of flexibility designed to account for unforeseen contingencies, I was reminded of what Nassim Taleb wrote in his book […]
Abraar Karan: Politics and public health in America—taking a stand for what is right
Doctors, scientists, and public health leaders are increasingly stepping into the fray and getting political, writes Abraar Karan […]
Minna Johansson: Caring for patients with long covid—a compassionate tightrope
What do our reactions to long covid reveal about medicine’s uncomfortable relationship with uncertainty? Minna Johansson reflects […]