The impact of research has to be defined in terms of patient benefit, says Mark Taylor […]
Patient and public perspectives
David Gilbert: What’s stopping healthcare organisations appointing a patient director?
Dear Chief Executive, What’s stopping you appointing a Patient Director? I know you are struggling to keep your organisation’s head above water. I know the demands of the system and […]
Cristian R. Montenegro: Improving interactions between clinicians and patients
Sociology has tried, with mixed success, to define a realm of analysis that goes beyond the individual, and to grasp what is “in-between,” using names like “interaction,” “structures,” “communication,” or […]
Simon Denegri: Is a better public debate about patient data on the horizon?
Few would argue that the public have been well served by the debate about how their data can support care and research now and in the future. After the shipwreck […]
Suzanne Gordon: The power of thank you
I recently saw the power of thank you highlighted on two different occasions in healthcare settings. On the first, I was following a team of physicians who were conducting patient […]
Liz Salmi: Tomorrow’s patients will demand greater transparency and openness
I began blogging about my experience as a person living with brain cancer after I had my first symptom—a grand mal seizure—after my 29th birthday in July 2008. Unlike a […]
Tessa Richards: Words that annoy, phrases that grate
What is acceptable or unacceptable medical terminology in today’s world, asks Tessa Richards. […]
Jemma Batte: The positive power of transparency
Jemma Batte discusses the importance of information sharing to help improve doctor-patient relationships. […]
Cristin Lind: Parenting a child in hospital
Despite the fact that my son is considered a “sick kid”—a child with multiple, chronic conditions—he actually hasn’t been in hospital for years. About a month ago, his winter cold […]
Sharon Roman: Notes from the less comfortable chair
As someone with chronic disease and comorbidity, I have benefitted from the knowledge and expertise of a great number of doctors. Sometimes you’ve only known me as an image on […]