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Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Performance
As I discussed last week, skills and knowledge constitute the art and science of medicine. To these the General Medical Council, in the first domain in its document Working with […]
Banalata Sen and Manu Gupta: Responding to India’s climate paradox of drought or deluge
Nearly all Indian towns and cities exist in a paradox: they are water scarce in dry seasons, yet prone to severe flooding during monsoons. Earlier this summer, the entire area of […]
Jeni Miller: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are not so natural disasters
Human decisions are ramping up the intensity and frequency of such storms and making their consequences worse […]
Florence Wilcock: We need to help women navigate uncertainty during pregnancy
It’s our job to help women understand the impact of their choices, while avoiding judgment and being honest about our knowledge […]
Martin McKee: Building bridges in Budapest
Dr Tedros set out his priorities on SDGs […]
Richard Smith: Science fiction stories foresee a bleak future for healthcare
The rhetoric of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the medical royal colleges, and medical researchers is that the future of healthcare is bright. Personalised medicine is coming; diseases that are […]
Sharon Roman: In good hands
What are the qualities that make for a good doctor and what can patients do if they’re missing? […]
Michael Marmot: The UK’s current health problems should be treated with urgency
Michael Marmot discusses why he’s calling for Jeremy Hunt to address urgent health problems in the UK […]
Joe Fraser: It takes more than language to make a good patient-clinician relationship
If you’re a clinician or a “Type Zero” (someone without diabetes) choosing the words to use when talking about diabetes is not straightforward. That’s true even for “Type ones” like […]