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Richard Smith: Journals, surgeons, and sexist language
Much to my amusement and countering the stereotype of surgeons, the Annals of Surgery has “following an uproar” retracted a paper that used only male pronouns to describe surgeons. It’s counter to […]
Johann Malawana: Exception reporting—It’s not just a right but a duty
We must not stay silent while staff are being stretched and departments are falling apart […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Judgement or algorithm? Head or formula?
As I discussed last week, Paul Meehl showed, in 1954, in a book called Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction: A Theoretical Analysis and a Review of the Evidence, that various algorithms […]
Charlotte Ralston: Medical students would benefit from working as healthcare assistants
Charlotte Ralston and Ciaran Walsh You can always spot the new medical students on a hospital ward. They look unsure—intelligent, but professionally gangly and ill at ease with their surroundings […]
Andrew Furber: What is the role of public health in a modern democracy?
According to Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” For good or ill we elect our representatives, they have the democratic mandate to […]
The overdiagnosis community targets solutions
Documenting overdiagnosis is the easy part. The real challenge is how to manage it […]
A good start for WHO: but the new DG election process needs an independent monitoring body
Ilona Kickbusch, Gian Luca Burci, Austin Liu A new election process After a “rollercoaster” year the World Health Organization (WHO) elected its ninth Director General (DG) in May 2017. The […]
Matt Morgan: The ward round is broken
We need a new way of working, argues Matt Morgan […]
A collective effort is needed to encourage patient centricity in ophthalmic research
Alastair K Denniston and Xiaoxuan Liu “Why is it so hard for you guys to have us in the room?” a patient asked. Addressing an audience of leading eye researchers, UK […]