Evidence Live 2015 is underway. Once again there is an international line up of speakers to stimulate thought debate and action. We would like you to consider throughout the conference dangerous […]
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Toby Shipway: The Intrepid Fenton
The Intrepid Fenton A few geographical facts: the Northern Territory in Australia is 1.36 million km2. This equates to 5½ times the area of the UK. It contains a population […]
Misadventures in the Northern Territory: Upside down Down Under
Retrieval registrar was never one of my professional aims throughout medical school. A natural pause in the UK training scheme motivated me into seeking an opportunity to break the NHS […]
Ian Franklin: Doctors, manslaughter, and avoidable harm
The sudden surge in prosecutions of doctors in the criminal courts when patients die is alarming. There is a growing body of opinion that the charge of gross negligence manslaughter […]
David Pencheon: How health professionals, organisations, and systems can invest in a healthy future
Our behaviour is more influenced by our surroundings than we think—it is a response to what happens around us: physically, socially, and culturally. We are shaped by norms more than we […]
Samir Dawlatly: Healthcare in 2065
I looked down at my left leg. It had been aching for a day or two. Thanks to the laser eye surgery that I had had the previous month, I […]
Mihail Călin: Romania’s alcohol policy leaves public to fend for themselves
A woman holding a toddler in her arms falls in a ditch while trying to recover her beer bottle from the ground. She tries to get back up, only to […]
Luca De Fiore and Tom Jefferson: Pills from the world
European regulatory agencies frequently inform doctors and pharmacists about their activities, paying particular attention to pharmacovigilance. The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) started a new information feed on 3 April 2012: […]
Theodora Bloom: Peer review and gatekeeping
Peer review seems to be researchers’ favourite whipping boy. Whenever two or three academics gather together, they tell each other horror stories of the journals, granting bodies and peer reviewers […]
Francesco Barbabella and Maria Gabriella Melchiorre: Good practice and e-health technology in multimorbidity programmes
The ICARE4EU project wants to improve the care of people who are suffering from multiple chronic conditions. It will describe, analyse, and identify innovative integrated care models for people with […]