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William Cayley: Where lies greatness?
Recently while driving to work, I was bemused (or should I say, dismayed) to pass yet another presidential campaign poster promising to “make America great,” just as I was hearing […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 July 2016
NEJM 30 Jun 2016 Vol 374 Cervical sense 2509 This week’s NEJM is an odd mix of the down-to-earth and the arcane. The down-to-earth comes first, ahead of midostaurin for […]
Sarah Walpole: Collaborating across continents—what is the best that technology can offer?
The world may be getting smaller, but it’s not getting simpler. In the lead up to the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) annual conference 2016, we are working […]
Richard Smith: Psychiatry in crisis?
Peter Gøtzsche, a Danish physician and researcher, has written a book arguing that 97% of psychiatric drugs cause more harm than good. Allen Frances, emeritus professor of psychiatry at Duke […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . More medical patronymics
Last week I discussed the various forms of patronymics that are formed by adding prefixes or suffixes meaning “son/child of,” concentrating on UK varieties. Now I go further afield. The […]
Angela Coulter: At last some better news on shared decision making
Shared decision making has now entered common parlance. Everyone seems to be talking about it and the term pops up frequently in report after report. But we can’t assume it’s […]
Sheila Hollins et al: The BMA is right to reject a neutral position on assisted dying
The BMA’s annual representative meeting was right to reject a policy of neutrality on “assisted dying.” The “do no harm” principle lies at the centre of clinical practice and underpins […]
Jacky Davis: The BMA should move to a neutral position on assisted dying
“Whether you agree with assisted dying or not, whether you decide to participate or not, we will be at the table to protect your rights and interests. Legalisation of AD is […]
Martin McKee: Fair and balanced? Science in a post fact society
No one can be in any doubt, after the referendum campaign, that large parts of the British print media have abandoned any attempt at balance. A detailed study by academics […]