Since Daniel Kahneman’s magnificent book, Thinking Fast and Slow, made us think differently about ourselves—as Darwin and Freud had done before—we have become familiar with the ideas of flawed thinking, […]
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Kieran Walsh: Could blockchain be applied to healthcare professional education?
Blockchain is “an open, public, distributed, and secure digital registry where information transactions are secured and have a clear origin, explicit pathways, and concrete value.” [1] It is a technology […]
Saika Hussain: Does becoming disabled take away a medical career?
Saika Hussain describes the barriers to practising medicine that she has faced since acquiring a disability […]
Philippa Whitford: Rebuilding trust in immunisation is key to tackling vaccine hesitancy
We must try to understand why increasing numbers of parents are reluctant to vaccinate their children […]
Martin McKee: Waiting for Brexit
As we wait to find out what will happen next, the damage is being done […]
Miles Sibley: Evidence-based practice—a double standard?
The NHS has “a strong scientific tradition of evidence-based decisions about care”. So says the NHS Long Term Plan in its opening chapter. That claim could easily be skimmed […]
Tamara Hervey and John Middleton: Health in future UK trade deals
Health must be “at the table” in any future trade deals the UK makes after Brexit, say Tamara Hervey and John Middleton […]
Sarah Markham: The success of the high intensity user programme should see it rolled out across the NHS
It all starts with a phone call and a simple opener: “Hi. My name’s Rhian. I work on behalf of the emergency department and I’m really worried about you. I […]
Collette Isabel Stadler: Rhetoric versus reality in child and adolescent mental health
Achieving “parity of esteem” between physical and mental health is a noble ambition, but it does not reflect the current reality for our youth, says Collette Isabel Stadler […]
Reflections on null findings—the case of physical activity and risk of dementia
Mika Kivimäki and Archana Singh-Manoux Guidelines for dementia prevention highlight the role of lifestyle; it is estimated that one in three dementia cases worldwide could be prevented by changes in lifestyle […]