Assisted dying remains deeply contentious for all […]
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Tessa Richards: Solidarity in a cold climate
Tromsø lies over 200 miles north of the Arctic circle and last week, after months of polar nights it celebrated its first glimpse of the sun; and hosted two international […]
Anya de Iongh: Patients need to be activated, but so do clinicians and the system
It has been three and half years since The King’s Fund published a report on Patient Activation, and since then patient activation is increasingly on people’s radars. Patient activation is […]
Annabel Ferriman: Doctors as polymaths—12 months of BMJ Confidential
The sheer breadth of doctors’ talents and abilities shone out from the pages of BMJ Confidential this year. We had doctors who were poets, masterchefs, novelists, comedians, actors and singers. […]
Tessa Richards: Patient leaders—healthcare’s untapped workforce
The health sector needs to learn how to work with patient leaders, says Tessa Richards. […]
Robin Baddeley: An uncomfortable mismatch between control and responsibility
This mismatch is the elephant in the room, and the key to understanding the medical profession’s response to the Bawa-Garba case […]
Tessa Richards: Patient and public involvement in research goes global
More and more, organisations are seeking to push the envelope towards “co-production” of research […]
Robin Baddeley: Leadership thinking is swinging back from the “big picture” to local issues
Leaders in Healthcare 2017: a reflection A canter through this year’s conference prompts reflection on both the foundation and direction of the leadership agenda The Leaders in Healthcare conference aims […]
Anya de Iongh: Making patient co-production meaningful and impactful
Last week saw the annual meeting of The BMJ’s Patient Panel—an international meeting across at least four continents via plane, car, train, and phone to discuss The BMJ’s partnership with […]
Robert Mugabe is an improbable Goodwill Ambassador for Health
WHO have cancelled Mugabe’s goodwill ambassador role, but this was an uncharacteristic misstep by the WHO DG […]