My list of medical anniversaries in 2018 is restricted to those that are multiples of 50 years. Thus, I have not included, for example, the 40th anniversary of the first […]
Columnists
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: The play’s the thing
In the column about icebergs (qv), I mentioned repertoire used instead of number: “expanding repertoire of targets for immune inhibition in bladder cancer”. Repertoire and repertory are two similar words […]
Richard Smith: Little global progress in countering non-communicable disease
In 2011 the United Nations held a high level meeting on preventing and controlling non-communicable disease (NCD) and produced a declaration on what countries should do. In 2018 it will […]
Richard Smith: Migrant health—political hysteria but insufficient attention to an issue that will increase substantially
Although there is political hysteria about migrants in Europe, the health of migrants receives insufficient attention. That was the main message to emerge from Imperial College’s Institute of Global Health […]
Richard Smith: Celebrating the Dutch global health doctors programme
The Dutch, an outward looking people, have long had a unique programme for training what were called “tropical doctors” and are now called “global health doctors.” The two years and […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word. . .Wise men pharmacology
The three magi, the three Kings of the East, or the three wise men (Latin magus, a wise man, Greek μάγος), are also known as the three Kings of Cologne, […]
Billy Boland: Understanding resilience in the workplace
With work and the NHS the way that it is these days, it is really easy to take your eye off things like continuing professional development (CPD). As our roles […]
Kieran Walsh: Will efficiency trump education?
You are working in an emergency department. You see an 85-year-old man who has fallen at home. He is confused but not in any pain. He has a mild fever, […]
Richard Smith: A public health witch hunt—bad for everybody
At the end of last week I received this email: “Greetings from India, and I hope this finds you well! My name is Anoo. I’m a journalist based in Delhi, […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Everybody’s Free (To Be Kind)
The commencement address that nobody asked for These two middling authors have long hoped somebody would ask them to deliver a commencement. The fact that this is unjustified has not […]