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Patrick Cullen: Co-design for vulnerable patient groups—transforming patients’ experiences
Recently I attended a conference at the King’s Fund that focussed on transforming patient experience, particularly the experience of vulnerable patient groups. To me, the day felt as much like a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 November 2015
NEJM 12 Nov 2015 Vol 373 SPRINTing to conclusions OL There’s no denying that the research event of the week has been the online publication of the SPRINT hypertension trial. […]
Tom Jefferson: Happy birthday Ombudsman
The institution of the European Ombudsman celebrated its first 20 years of activity with a party for staff and all those who have and still are contributing to its work. […]
Mary E Black: How data science will change public health
We are living in a perfect storm: vast amounts of data and rapidly increasing, cheap computing power. The world is shifting towards basing decisions even more on data. I believe, […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Let’s twist again
The Indo-European root UER was not the only one that connoted twisting and turning. Others were PLEK, STREB, TERQ or TORQ, TERK, and UEI. Let’s start with PLEK, which in […]
William Cayley: To doctor is to diagnose—part two
Having recently posted some thoughts on the continuing centrality of diagnosis in doctoring, I was happy to see the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare.” I […]
Tony Rao: When doctors strike
To say that junior doctors are dissatisfied would probably be an understatement. It is now almost exactly 40 years since they turned to industrial strike action as a means of […]
John King: Just tick the boxes
The atmosphere at the mothers meeting was warm and friendly. All the local mums were looking forward to sharing the latest news and gossip about their children, as they had […]
Mihail Călin: Protests on the streets of Bucharest—”We want hospitals, not cathedrals!
Twelve days have passed since fireworks lit the soundproofing at the Colectiv club in Bucharest, unleashing a deadly combination of fire and toxic fumes over hundreds of concert goers. The […]