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Richard Lehman’s journal review—5 February 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Lucy Hanington: Is a doctor convicted of gross negligence manslaughter always an unsafe doctor?
Is a doctor convicted of gross negligence manslaughter always an unsafe doctor? Who should decide—the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, or the Courts? Recent high profile cases, not least the appeal […]
Stephen Bradley: Is medical culture complicit in covering up the reality of NHS care?
The Bawa-Garba case shows how outdated medical culture is in a society that won’t face up to the crisis in healthcare […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Teleoanalysis
A meta-analysis is an analysis of analyses. Specifically, it is an analysis of the combined results of several studies, typically randomised clinical trials. However, other forms of evidence can be […]
Jan Filochowski: Should hospitals return charitable donations from the Presidents’ Club?
Poor old Great Ormond Street Hospital! The hospital, along with several other hospitals and charities, recently found itself prominently highlighted in a rather tawdry debate about the events at the […]
Richard Smith: Doctors and patients heading in opposite directions
Doctors and patients are heading in opposite directions: patients increasingly have multiple conditions, while doctors are specialising not just in organ systems but in parts of organs. What are the […]
Muir Gray: We need to tackle the “fear of finding out”
In the midst of a blizzard of reports about the overuse of general practice it may seem inappropriate to highlight the problem of underuse, but many people are still presenting […]
Victor Adebowale: There is no excuse for homelessness in Britain in 2018
Homelessness is a neon sign that something is fundamentally wrong with health and housing policies […]
Amitava Banerjee: Institutional racism is still a major problem in the NHS
It is time to do better, says Amitava Banerjee […]