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Peter Brindley: Vive la différence? Polite Canadian suggestions for those working in the British NHS
Canada is multicultural and multilingual in the same way as your average British emergency room. Both work better when we listen as much as we talk […]
Samir Dawlatly: The NHS needs a Reformation, not reform
One of the foremost concerns about the NHS, which has led to the formation of a number of pressure groups, is the worry that it is slowly being privatised. It […]
Richard Smith: Improving the evaluation and regulation of medical devices
Earlier this month the Scottish government ordered an immediate halt to the use of vaginal mesh after mesh had contributed to a woman’s death in Edinburgh in August. The death followed […]
Why doctors should support regulated markets in illicit drugs
Drug policy affects health. Legalisation is needed not because drugs are safe but because they are risky, write members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Michel Kazatchkine, Pavel Bém, and […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—24 September 2018
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Martin McKee: Salzburg—what next for Brexit?
For close observers of the Brexit process, the only thing that was surprising about the EU’s rejection of the so-called Chequers deal at the European Council meeting at Salzburg was […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Must and should
Sometimes “must” and “should” get confused. The IndoEuropean root MED and its o-grade form MOD meant to measure or take appropriate measures, and hence to ponder, judge, or prescribe. Hence […]
Reginald Hall: Talking with the patient
Most doctors are very good at talking to the patient, but not so good at talking with them […]
Asif Munaf: Medicine—another bastion of the UK’s class divide?
Doctors should help students who lack the necessary support to navigate the tricky road towards medicine […]