Here in Massachusetts we’ve had snowstorm after snowstorm, and the winter of 2010-2011 is on track to be among the three snowiest on record. This record-setting possibility gives perverse satisfaction: […]
Editors at large
Sally Carter: A film premiere at the Hunterian Museum
I headed to the Hunterian Museum in London to see the UK premiere of a film about donating bodies to medical science. It was raining, no red carpets were to […]
Juliet Dobson on eating animals
On Wednesday night at the London School of Economics, US novelist Jonathan Safran Foer took part in a discussion about his latest book, Eating Animals, as part of the Forum for […]
Elizabeth Loder on making publication ethics matter to authors
These are heady times for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Its membership has broadened considerably in recent years. It now boasts over 6000 member journals and is no longer […]
Tessa Richards: Patients as cost savers?
Might patients hold the key to putting the brake on spiralling healthcare costs? If you had asked me that question a few days ago I’d have said no. We all […]
Helen Macdonald: Light reading over the festive season for the e-portfolio
I was considering what I might learn (if anything) over the Christmas period on a chilly cycle home last night. It has been an intermittent and nagging thought for some […]
Trish Groves: IDEAL innovation in surgery
No two operations are the same, not least because the surgeon starts each new one with some additional experience and knowledge gained during the previous one. But what counts as […]
Tony Delamothe: Illustrating the Christmas issue
Articles almost select themselves for the Christmas issue. The ones with any chance of publication get externally peer reviewed, and the survivors get discussed by our five person editorial committee. […]
Harriet Vickers on assisted dying in the theatre: A review of Bea
Assisted death is a very visible issue right now. As parliaments struggle with the dilemma about whether or not to legalise helping someone to die, more and more individuals are stepping […]
Domhnall MacAuley: primary care in Brazil
Five of his pregnant patients were dead. Three murdered by drug dealers when they couldn’t pay their bills and two killed by the police. A very different maternal mortality in […]