Everyone is entitled to a say in the healthcare services they use and a child or young person is no different, say Aishah Farooq, Emma Beeden, and Catherine White […]
Month: October 2021
Communicating about the representativeness of women in scientific productivity: a step towards greater equality
One of my main motivations for studying medicine was to fight discrimination and social (and gender) inequalities by providing equal healthcare for all. I became aware of gender discrimination through […]
Turning the tide: The Obesity Health Alliance’s healthy weight strategy
Tides are notoriously difficult to turn. But, when the time is right, even the strongest tides will turn—and now is one of those critical moments in relation to overweight and […]
Julian Sheather: Perilous medicine
Sarajevo on the morning of 29 May1992. The Serbian forces have surrounded the city. A Bosnian field commander reassures Esma Zecevic, the city’s chief paediatrician that the hospital will likely […]
Climate action: demanding economic systems that safeguard life
“As health and social inequalities widen, and we learn more about the power held over human lives by an ever-diminishing number of individuals and corporations, I predict that more doctors […]
Ray Moynihan: Ten things I wish I’d been told as a junior academic
When I got my PhD in 2015 and started out as a junior researcher, a professor friend shared this pearl of wisdom about academic life: “the stakes are low, but […]
Pat Lok: How can I be an environmentally conscious healthcare practitioner?
Pat Lok considers what medical students can do to reduce the impact of healthcare on the climate “It is hot out there so please remember to keep hydrated for your […]
Talking to patients about the climate emergency
If the NHS is to reach net zero, we need to talk about the climate emergency in every part of the healthcare service The climate emergency is the single greatest […]
COP26: a missed opportunity for climate leadership
At the start of August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), systematically summarising the extent of our knowledge of […]
The climate crisis and the rise of eco-anxiety
Levels of eco-anxiety are growing, particularly among children and young people, and are likely to be significant and potentially damaging to individuals and society, warn Mala Rao and Richard A […]