Do you regularly read Chronobiology International? No, me neither. But that was the source journal for the article we read at a recent GP journal club I attended in Perth […]
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Desmond O’Neill: The age friendly university
All innovation is characterised by many false starts, but occasionally an event feels like the real deal, a sure sense of a phase shift in our world. This was the […]
Muir Gray: Defining the pathway for population systems of care
Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 7: Defining the pathway The pathway is the route the patient […]
Julian Sheather: Should parents be compelled to vaccinate their children?
I was recently asked to give a talk on vaccination and potential conflicts between the rights of parents and the interests of their children. A few years back when my […]
Richard Smith: National programmes to prevent diabetes
Europe has started 187 programmes to prevent diabetes, but fewer than 10 survived to the end of funding, said Peter Schwarz from Dresden, at the World Congress on Prevention of […]
Desmond O’Neill: Amour, ageing, and missed opportunities
A striking aspect of clinician involvement in bioethics is the therapeutic focus they bring to the table. Time and again, when non clinician ethicists present dilemmas, the doctors propose fresh […]
David Kerr: Alcohol and calories—an opportunity for public health?
More than 200 years ago, the English artist, William Hogarth produced two prints depicting the evils of gin in contrast to the benefits of drinking beer. The inhabitants of Beer […]
Muir Gray: Creating a network for systems of care
Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 6: Creating a network The network is the set of individuals […]
Richard Smith: Patient organisations—the need to come together
“There is no kingdom too small for a doctor to be king of,” is one of my favourite sayings. Last week at a workshop for patient organisations organised by the […]
James Raftery: Moving to value based pricing—adjusting costs
With the introduction of value based pricing scheduled to apply to new drugs when the current prescription pricing regulation system expires in 2014, the Department of Health has been working […]