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Kate Evans: Questions we can’t answer
How do we find the balance between connecting with the pain of our patients, while remaining professional, asks Kate Evans […]
David Leese: We need to loosen the grip of poverty on the nation’s health
There was news this week that the roll out of the government’s universal credit welfare programme will be delayed amid criticism of its impact on vulnerable people. It is not […]
Ian Hamilton: Dry January is no match for the growing harms of alcohol consumption
Despite being in its seventh year, we still know little about the effectiveness of campaigns like Dry January, says Ian Hamilton […]
Holger J. Schünemann: Getting trustworthy guideline recommendations into practice
Practising clinicians, healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers and patients rely on guidelines to help inform their practice, so it is vital that practice guidelines are trustworthy and quick. However, users, creators, […]
Jeff Fernandez: The wider health needs of drug and alcohol patients are being neglected
There have been damaging changes in policy direction for alcohol and drug services since 2012 which have caused real problems on the frontline. One of the main issues has been […]
Christmas 2018: Ding! Dong!—not too merrily on high
Do portrayals of alcohol on greeting cards undermine public health messages about harmful drinking, ask Tracey Polak and Virginia Pearson? […]
Joseph Queally: Mastery in music and surgery—exploiting parallels in performance
Surgeons have much to learn from activities associated with musical performance […]
Hearfield and Collier: Breastfeeding and NHS doctors
The WHO recommends that women breastfeed their children for up to two years or longer and the NHS promotes breastfeeding for the general population through a variety of means (eg, […]
Macfarlane and Malik: ECG electrode positioning deserves proper attention
Greater attention to the acquisition of accurate electrocardiogram (ECG) recording is desperately needed. A decade ago, others documented how badly health professionals position ECG electrodes. [1] It appears that the […]