Medical students from around the world utter the Hippocratic Oath when graduating medical school as an age-old commitment to professionalism. Yet, much of what we are taught during medical school […]
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Pathology risks being left behind as conceptual and technological advances accelerate
Back in 2007 a diagnostic biopsy from a patient with lung cancer would frequently yield a one line diagnosis from the reporting pathologist; “This biopsy shows non-small cell carcinoma.” A […]
Elisabeth Ingram-Wallace: Opsnizing Dad
I decided OPSNIZE was for me when Dad lost his trousers on the bus. He threw them out the window. Then he rolled around on the floor, screaming his own […]
Diane O’Carroll: Many women working in the NHS have #metoo stories to share
My hope is for a culture change where sexism is no longer dismissed as “having a laugh” […]
Richard Smith: A public health witch hunt—bad for everybody
At the end of last week I received this email: “Greetings from India, and I hope this finds you well! My name is Anoo. I’m a journalist based in Delhi, […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Everybody’s Free (To Be Kind)
The commencement address that nobody asked for These two middling authors have long hoped somebody would ask them to deliver a commencement. The fact that this is unjustified has not […]
Mary Neal: Conscientious objection in the era of “home abortion”
The nature of abortion provision is changing, and professionals must be alert to what any changes might mean for their conscience rights […]
Karen B Born et al: Learning how to choose wisely
Across the countries with Choosing Wisely campaigns, thousands of recommendations of “Things clinicians and patients should question” have been published. These lists and recommendations, familiar to many practising clinicians, outline tests, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 December 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Lulwa Al-Kilani: From one refugee to another, I hope you can go home soon
Since the start of the civil war, 165 000 South Sudanese refugees have fled the violence at home and crossed the border into Sudan’s White Nile state. Lulwa Al-Kilani, a […]