It is a truism in radiology that the more we image the more we will find. Some of it will help to advance the patient’s health, but much of it […]
Columnists
Irish abortion referendum: If you have seen one woman die of a botched illegal abortion, you have seen one too many
Mary E Black discusses how her own views on abortion have been shaped by her medical training and life […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Oe ae oe ae oh!
I recently pointed out that some people, believing that words ending in –penia had been Americanized, spelt them with –paenia or –poenia, ignoring (or ignorant of) the fact that the […]
Mary E Black: Five reasons to write an obituary
Regrets in life are a drag, they pull you back into what might have been, and a sort of destructive nostalgia. Obituaries on the other hand are a reflection and […]
Mary E Black: Death is no longer just in the hands of god or fate, but often a decision
There is much discussion about the right of an individual to die, but not enough about the role of relatives and friends […]
Peter Brindley: Thank God for science
Science is often given short shrift because it is hard work, and makes our collective heads hurt. In a world where objective truth receives a daily thrashing we need to […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Amerilexicophobia and drug names
Amerilexicophobia, the fear, dislike, or even hatred of linguistic Americanisms, has two main targets: spelling, one particular aspect of which I discussed last week, and words and terms whose meanings […]
Richard Smith: Is neoliberalism the main problem for the NHS?
Is the NHS a victim of neoliberalism? […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Amerilexicophobia and spelling
In my last two blogs I discussed neologisms and how to create them, citing examples from the Times Literary Supplement. I have since come across another in the same journal […]
Nick Hopkinson: There is much that still resonates in David Widgery’s writing
I remember my first night as a doctor, spent in St Andrew’s Hospital near the Bow flyover, watching anxiously for ectopic beats on the cardiac monitors until the nurses chased […]