Earlier this week the Canadian Medical Association fired the editor of the CMAJ and dissolved the journal’s oversight committee, which was supposed to protect editorial independence. While doing so, the board of […]
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Gaurav Sharma: Where do women seek family planning, antenatal, and maternity care in low and middle income countries?
A series of papers entitled “Who cares for women?” was launched at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Wednesday 13 January 2016. The objective: to provide the […]
Charline Bradshaw: The Calais crisis and grassroots movement
There are an estimated 6000 men, women, and children living in a disused refuge site in Northern France. A recent census revealed that there are around 423 unaccompanied minors among […]
Neel Sharma: Lightening the learning load during junior doctor ward rounds
Educating newly qualified junior doctors to become masters of their trade is not easy. Hospital life is fast paced and typically acute. Rapid patient turnover as well as demands on […]
Richard Smith: Is prison health better now it’s an NHS responsibility?
In the 1980s people in prison received a second class health service despite having a high prevalence of health problems. I visited many prisons at that time and wrote a […]
Claire Beecroft: Why all medical students need an education in health economics
How do doctors manage conversations with patients about the availability (or often non-availability) of certain drugs or treatments within the NHS? In most consultations, the patient’s questions around their illness […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 February 2016
NEJM 25 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Aspirin with your cabbage? 728 Most people who undergo coronary artery surgery take aspirin. Nobody knew whether they should carry on or stop when […]
Tony Delamothe: In search of joinedupedness
The stated aim of the recent King’s Fund conference, “Integrating care throughout the patient’s surgical journey” was to align the objectives of the NHS five year forward view and the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Imposition
As I foretold three weeks ago, the UK government’s health secretary Jeremy Hunt recently announced his intention to impose his contract on the junior hospital doctors. His cunctatorial Fabian tactics […]
Richard Smith: Clinical leaders badly needed but not appreciated
All health systems need clinical leaders to flourish, but being a clinical leader is hard, particularly in the NHS. Those were the main messages from a recent meeting of the Cambridge […]