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Private gain, public pain: does a booming private healthcare industry in Nepal benefit its people?
Public dissatisfaction with the health sector in Nepal has grown in recent years. A prominent figure in health activism, Govinda KC, has staged several hunger strikes to pressure the government […]
Paul Buchanan: Social media and the patient experience
The creation of the Diabetes Online Community, #gbdoc, in 2012 was a consequence of my diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes. Previously a stranger to the “health” world there was now an […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Drugs and medicaments
When is a drug not a drug? The word “drug” first appeared, in various forms, in Middle French and English in the late 14th century, without recorded antecedents. It originally […]
Matthias Wienold: Think of sepsis—a patient’s perspective
The case for increased attention to and better management of sepsis is growing. As the first World Sepsis Congress convincingly demonstrated, international and national healthcare authorities, NGOs, policy makers, clinical […]
Florence Wilcock: Improving maternity care is everybody’s business
Personalised care. Continuity of care. Safer care. Better postnatal and perinatal mental healthcare. Multiprofessional working. Working across boundaries. A fair payment system. This vision of care could apply to pretty […]
Ahmed Rashid: The UK junior doctor contract dispute in 10 hashtags
Hashtag: #iminworkjeremy Description: When Jeremy Hunt (Secretary of State for health) accused the NHS of having a “Monday to Friday culture,” healthcare workers from across the country posted selfies of […]
Daoxin Yin: A long way to go to help people with depression in China
At the last mid Autumn festival holiday—a traditional festival for a family reunion in China—a young actor and singer with a promising future committed suicide at the age of 28. He […]
Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients
A challenge to all health systems is how best to manage “high need, high cost patients,” a term developed by the Commonwealth Fund. Its president, David Blumenthal, discussed the best […]
Tom Solomon: The untold story of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Medicine
Most doctors encounter interesting or unusual patients whose amazing stories stay with them forever. I was fortunate to look after the world’s number one story teller, Roald Dahl, as his […]