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Yiran Wang: Ticket touts in Chinese hospitals
Appointment ticket touts are prevalent in the medical system in China, especially in big hospitals. They monopolize appointments for well-known doctors and increase prices to very high levels. The practice […]
Suchita Shah: The lost brigade—why diasporas matter to global health
Reflections on the second UK-East African Healthcare Summit, London 2017 Talk of nations, national borders, and national identities has become a part of the ideological foreplay that inevitably leads up […]
Nick Clegg: Why the Liberal Democrats believe a legal, regulated cannabis market would improve public health
This is a debate about the merits of regulation versus a system without any control, says Nick Clegg […]
Emma Parish: A priority for patient care is to start caring about ourselves and one another
Overstretched and underfunded, these are commonly cited challenges for healthcare—and ones that are difficult to overcome. My Dad used to talk to me about the “zone of proximity,” and I’m old […]
Ilona Kickbusch: The new director general of WHO and the politics of global health
Ilona Kickbusch discusses the challenges that Dr Tedros will face and how he will need to apply his political focus and determination […]
Elizabeth Loder: The journal that never sleeps
Elizabeth Loder explains why decision letters from The BMJ often arrive quickly and at odd hours […]
The “new-and-improved” American Health Care Act looks little improved
As the CBO reports that the AHCA could result in million of Americans losing healthcare insurance, Allan M. Joseph and William H. Seligman assess what impact this will have […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 May 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Tanu Pramanik: Teaching caring and compassionate communication
Work environments that support caring and compassionate communication with patients provide foundations on which high quality, patient centred care can flourish. Nothing tests communication skills so much as breaking bad […]