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Iona Heath and Ole Hartling: Assisted dying—a form of abandonment?
A doctor employed at a Danish hospice told me (OH) that a patient, close to death, might well ask him to put an end to his miserable existence, but when […]
George Carey: Former archbishop says Christians should support legal physician assisted dying
Doctors should avoid supporting a status quo that leads to great suffering, says Lord George Carey […]
Why are so many doctors quitting the NHS?
The Mayday call went out—an urgent response was received. We have at last begun to ask the right questions, say Hannah Wilson and Arabella Simpkin […]
The power of shared data to better understand drug safety
Joshua D. Wallach, Harlan M. Krumholz, Joseph S. Ross Over the past few years, the clinical trial data sharing landscape has changed dramatically. As a result of concerns regarding the […]
Tara Lamont: Finding the research which matters
Evidence does not speak for itself. We need to hold it up against what we know and do and make sense of the findings for ourselves. There are tools and […]
When public health met body positivity: reactions to CRUK’s obesity campaign
Tanisha Spratt, Susan Jebb, and Paul Aveyard consider the reactions to CRUK’s 2019 obesity campaign and the lessons that can be learnt […]
Melissa Gladstone: To move forwards from ensuring children globally not only survive but thrive, we need better ways of measuring child development
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) create an impetus for international agencies to drive forward interventions that enable children to thrive and to meet their potential; to be happy, healthy, and […]
Julian Sheather: No more safe haven—Greece announces a wall in the sea
Consider the word refuge: a place offering protection from danger. It’s a powerful noun, strong connotations of safety and security, of haven or harbour. Consider somebody seeking such protection: a […]
Rob Hendry: Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare—has anything changed?
No recent case has brought the fear of criminalisation in healthcare into sharper focus than that of Hadiza Bawa Garba. The ramifications were far reaching. The events that followed her […]