The ongoing covid-19 pandemic has received the world’s attention. The pandemic has brought India, a country of over a billion people, to halt. In India, multiple states and school districts […]
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Richard Smith: The faults and dangers of an iatrocracy
The first thing that struck Bernard-Henri Lévy, arguably France’s leading public intellectual, about the covid-19 pandemic was the rise of “medical power.” In his short, enjoyable, and provocative book The […]
How do “heroes” speak up? NHS staff raising concerns during covid-19
In the extraordinary months since covid-19 started, NHS healthcare professionals have found themselves in a surreal situation, straddling two distinct realities. On the one hand, there is such enormous gratitude […]
Patients’ emotions matter in the regulation of medicines
Regulatory decisions about medicines need to be informed by the emotional as well as the physical impact of living with medical conditions and having to balance the risks and benefits […]
Reclassifying endometriosis as a syndrome would benefit patient care
Recognising endometriosis as a syndrome would refocus treatment away from surgical eradication of lesions towards multidisciplinary care for complex symptoms such as chronic pain. […]
Beyond checklists: Seeing the patient in technicolour
When I swapped my purple Public Health consultant badge two years ago for an orange foundation year badge on the medical wards, I knew that there would be challenging weeks. […]
Harriet Kinahan: Stepping off the treadmill—the reality of taking a year out of medical school
Harriet Kinahan describes why taking a year out of medical school will help her protect her wellbeing and become a better doctor […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Anecdata
As I wrote in January of this year, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is updated every three months (“on a quarterly basis” as they put it—they mean “quarterly”). Two recent […]
What to say to a 7 year old terrified by climate change?
How can we support children who are worried about climate change? Richard Smith, David Pencheon, and Frances Mortimer look at how we might find hope through action […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 August 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]