Four months since the first caps on agency spending were introduced by NHS Improvement—and after new framework agreements came into force last week—what do we know about the impact of these measures […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 April 2016
NEJM 31 Mar 2016 Vol 374 Going Dutch with Lyme 1209 When you open a journal with New England in its name and read about Lyme disease, you somehow don’t […]
Canada’s First Nations: The social and political determinants of health
To what extent are the social determinants of health (SDH) political determinants, and which of these are the most amenable to policy reversals that will increase or decrease inequalities? Reviewing […]
Yogesh Jain: Hippocratic crime
Last month police in India arrested Saibal Jana, a doctor with 35 years’ experience caring for patients from indigenous and other marginalised rural communities. The arrest was made on the grounds […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Naming biologics—biosimilars
To recap. Medicines are given International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) by an expert panel of the World Health Organization, using principles that are not uniformly adhered to. When the names are […]
William Cayley: What’s in the future for US family medicine?
Once again, after waiting with bated breath, hope, and anxiety, medical students and residency programs alike have received the results of the annual residency “match.” After months of seemingly endless […]
Daniel Sokol: The messiness of medicine
Last week I attended a conference for surgeons. In the hall, a poster described the case of a neurology patient who had, literally, inhaled a chicken sandwich. The surgeon, with […]
Aeesha NJ Malik: Teaching surgery in rural China—who are we benefitting?
I recently bumped into a colleague I hadn’t seen for a while at a conference. He started asking me about a short trip I had made with a Chinese charity […]
Doctors, The BMJ, and Ireland’s Easter Rising
Earlier this year Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE screened a three part documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of the six day Easter Rising, the rebellion against British rule that led […]
Shakir Mustafa: A return to Nepal after the earthquake
In the immediate aftermath of last year’s earthquake in Nepal I took part in an emergency mission. A few weeks later we returned for an aid and education mission. And […]