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Ceinwen Giles: Jeremy Hunt stole my biscuits
Stopping the clinic’s biscuit supply may seem trivial, but small things make a difference, says Ceinwen Giles […]
Interpersonal, collective, and extremist violence are public health problems
Violence increasingly dominates the news. Be it sexual abuse of children, violence against women, alcohol-fuelled nightlife violence, or the pervasive threat of terrorism; each leaves victims suffering life-long harms, impacts […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—30 October 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Automata, androids, replicants, and robots
The words automaton, android, replicant, and robot refer to pretty much the same thing. The word automaton (Greek αὐτόματον, a marionette), describing a device that moves by virtue of a […]
Anya de Iongh: Making patient co-production meaningful and impactful
Last week saw the annual meeting of The BMJ’s Patient Panel—an international meeting across at least four continents via plane, car, train, and phone to discuss The BMJ’s partnership with […]
Ana Rosengurtt: Uruguay’s mandatory breast cancer screening is challenged
In 2006, it became mandatory for all women aged 40-59 in Uruquay to have a free mammography every two years, despite its National Cancer Registry showing a sustained decrease in […]
Neena Modi: UK healthcare should be retained as a primarily publicly funded, delivered, and accountable service
A mixed public-private healthcare system reduces the effectiveness of healthcare for everyone […]
Bridget Seng: Yemen’s cholera crisis—a sliver of hope but more needs to be done
In just six months since the end of April, Yemen has identified over 845,000 suspected cholera cases, quickly surpassing the count in Haiti’s cholera outbreak from 2010 to 2017. But […]
Is Japan losing the fight against smoke-free legislation?
The WHO published a report earlier this year on the global tobacco epidemic in which it reported that comprehensive smoke-free legislation is in place to protect approximately 1.5 billion people […]