I hang the last tiny-koala-in-a-Santa-hat on our family Christmas tree when the call from Sydney comes in. My colleagues are coughing. They are also sneezing blood. Their local coffee shop […]
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Dear Father Christmas—The BMJ Patient Advisory Panel’s wish list
All I want for Christmas is…The BMJ’s patient advisory panel tell us what is on their Christmas wishlist […]
Rolling out genomic screening
Experience in Canada illustrates some of the challenges of introducing genomic screening into routine clinical care […]
The myth of ectopic pregnancy transplantation
Ohio’s bill instructing doctors to “reimplant” an ectopic pregnancy is part of a worrisome trend of lawmakers inventing unproven therapies related to reproductive health, say Daniel Grossman and Yanett Anaya […]
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Most of us see the Christmas holiday season as an opportunity to slow down, take stock, and “just be.” Accordingly, we had planned a predictable article about recommitting to old-fashioned […]
There is no time for recrimination—our duty is to protect and improve health
My personal and professional beliefs have been seriously challenged by the outcome of the UK General Election 2019. Large swathes of England, where Brexit and continuing austerity will cause the […]
Martin McKee: The people have spoken—where next for Brexit?
What does the future really hold for Brexit and what does this mean for the NHS? […]
David Zigmond: Money can’t buy you love—the perishing of healthcare’s human heart
Can the important deficits in our NHS be adequately remedied by more money and staff? If not, why not? David Zigmond suggests that a brief survey of the past 100 […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—13 December 2019
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is the process of letting blood, originally by incising a blood vessel and nowadays by puncturing it. Early papers on phlebotomy refer to the curious habit of hepatic phlebotomy, […]