Rising deaths in neurological disorders may be associated with rising numbers of neurologists (making diagnoses). It fits with the belief that neurologists enjoy diagnosis, but not so much management. But […]
Guest writers
Patricia Lohr: 2018 is a turning point in abortion provision
27 April 2018 marks fifty years since the Abortion Act was implemented in England, Wales, and Scotland, allowing women and their doctors to terminate a pregnancy legally. The British Pregnancy […]
Bronwyn Parry: Assisted dying—ethical complexity is no reason not to change the law
The status quo validates practices that blur the lines around assisted dying […]
Dharani Yerrakalva: The art of not running behind
There’s a guilty pleasure in something I call “the art of not running behind.” For me, each surgery starts at time zero when I am on time for the first […]
Adam White: Balancing the benefits and risks of banning the tackle in school rugby
In March 2016, the Sport Collision Injury Collective, backed by over 80 academics and doctors, called upon the UK and devolved governments to remove the tackle from physical education rugby […]
Benjamin Mazer: Could a postmortem communication conference improve doctor-patient relations?
The best doctor-patient relationships, and the worst, often perform their finale at an autopsy. Samuel Shem, in his novel The House of God, called the autopsy the “red rose of […]
Robertson and Nicholls: The problems associated with fist clenching at venepuncture
We, former colleagues, now retired and living 12,000 miles apart, have both recently undergone investigation of blood biochemistry entailing repeated venepuncture by phlebotomists with varying levels of experience. On each […]
Patricia Cantley: We must remember how scary hospitals can be for our patients
We need to do everything we can to redress the imbalance between patients in hospital and healthcare professionals […]
Nazrul Islam: The international medical community must act to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The forced displacement of the Rohingya population has a historical root since the late 1970s. Approximately 200,000 Rohingya were displaced to neighbouring Bangladesh in 1978, and about 260,000 in 1991-92. […]
Diana Anderson: There remains a fundamental gap between the aims of hospital design and the final user experience
Matt Morgan wrote previously about the impact that poor hospital design has on staff, patients, and healthcare. It is a timely debate and hit home for me as I am […]