On the first of February this year, Myanmar’s slow creep towards democracy came to a halt. The brittle scaffold of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s government was brushed aside. Refusing […]
Month: March 2021
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Self-experimentation
Self-experimentation, or autoexperimentation, is as old as experiments themselves. I have previously mentioned the case of Daniel Alcides Carrión, a medical student, who in 1885 had himself inoculated with an […]
You cannot practice public health without engaging in politics
We are living in extraordinary times. 2021 brings the covid-19 mortality to >2 million deaths worldwide and to >100,000 deaths in the UK. Steely eyed scientists are finding themselves the […]
Bicycles for the post-covid era—an opportunity India shouldn’t miss
Bicycles are a healthy, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly mode of transport that India should invest in, say Sucharita Panigrahi and Soumyadeep Bhaumik […]
Chris Ham: There are harsh lessons from covid-19 that need to be addressed
The scale of the challenges facing the NHS in England is revealed in planning guidance published last week by NHS England. A large number of priorities are identified related to […]
A year of covid-19: Alliances, lessons, and learning for the mental health sector
As we start to ease out of lockdown restrictions in the UK, it is without doubt that the past year has shown the NHS at its best. Throughout the pandemic, […]
Nigel Edwards: Re-examining the model of outpatients and specialist referrals
At present, it seems hard to imagine a time when the covid-19 pandemic will be over, but when it eventually is, there will be an opportunity to cement many of […]
Covid-19 vaccine wars: developing the AstraZeneca vaccine was a triumph, but then things went wrong
The UK’s tabloid press was having a field day. “NO, EU CAN’T HAVE OUR JABS” said the Daily Mail, a message echoed by the Daily Express with “WAIT YOUR TURN! […]
Is it time to abandon the requirement that physicians separate their personal and professional personas?
Doctors speaking out on public health issues or advocating for social justice is beneficial to their patients and the profession, argue these authors […]
Jill Klein: Clinicians’ psychological wellbeing during covid-19
Even when we are not in the midst of a global pandemic, clinicians face great stress in the workplace. Attending to and attempting to mitigate the tragedies of others, usually […]