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Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Dropsies
During the years spanning the 100th anniversary of the 1914–18 war, The Daily Telegraph has, day by day, been publishing facsimiles of issues of the paper that appeared 100 years […]
Improving transparency and replicability of healthcare databases to increase credibility of “real world” evidence
Evidence generated from “real world” data (e.g. administrative claims and electronic health record databases), alongside clinical trials, is highly valuable for regulatory, coverage, and clinical decisions. While randomized clinical trials […]
Chris Bulstrode: The department for patients no-one else wants
Attendances are up again, and, to cope, we need to change our way of working […]
Manpreet Singh Khurmi and Muhammed Shaffi: The deaths of children in hospital in India
In August this year, the deaths of over 300 children were reported from the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, a large tertiary care centre in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India—with […]
Adam Steventon: Building evidence about NHS organisational change
Alongside the history of medicine is another history. The history of the organisation—and reorganisation—of the health service. Both pursuits have as their aim improvements to the care and treatment of […]
Kate Harding: “I have lost my husband” could not be more accurate—it feels like a carelessness
I have been widowed. It seems surreal to be writing that sentence, and yet it is indisputably true. I was there; I know. My husband, a consultant anaesthetist and intensivist, […]
Deborah Cohen: The Bawa-Garba case, the GMC, and a “tragic circle”
When eminent senior doctors—who have a keen and known interest in medical ethics—leave a courtroom threatening to quit the General Medical Council (GMC) so that their money can’t be used […]
Tara Lamont: Support through sharing stories
It seems like it really is good to talk. A new study by Jill Maben carefully evaluated the experience of nurses, doctors, and others taking part in Schwartz Rounds. These […]
Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan: What makes a systematic review “complex”?
Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan reflect on the lack of definitions, and propose a solution […]