I remember my first data extraction. As a clinician I enjoyed creating good clinical notes, and was adept at digesting fat files of written scrawl, laboratory records, and referral letters—for […]
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DFID should put long term research at the heart of development
The 2015 autumn spending review launched by the chancellor George Osborne, aims to find ways to reduce the UK government budget by a further £20 billion. While the UK aid […]
The WHO financing dialogue: global health leadership needs to be paid for
“WHO must re-establish it’s pre-eminence as the guardian of global public health; this will require significant changes throughout WHO with the understanding that this includes both the Secretariat and the […]
Richard Smith: The Closer We Get
The Closer We Get shows the last months of a woman’s life after she has had a stroke and tells the complex story of a family as they gather around […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 November 2015
NEJM 5 Nov 2015 Vol 373 Now for the good news 1824 In the middle of the joy and uncertainty of pregnancy, you are told you have cancer. It happens […]
William Cayley: The value of the tweet
I’ve only recently begun tweeting, but have already been struck by the challenge of sometimes trying to convey complex ideas in 144 characters or less. The combinations of abbreviations, “hashtags,” […]
Peter Sykes on the junior hospital doctor’s dispute—learning from previous experience
In the next few days, Junior Hospital Doctors (JHDs) will be asked to vote either for or against industrial action. It is a situation that they will not have encountered […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . A full bladder
Although we don’t nowadays call bile gall, we still call the sac in which it is stored the gallbladder. “Bladder” is one of the early medical words listed in the […]
Edward Wernick and Steve Manley: Meaningful patient collaboration—the story continues…
In our last blog we introduced our roles on the new King’s Fund Collaborative Pairs Programme. With the support of the King’s Fund we are working on a shared challenge […]
Bheemaray Manganavar: Managing hypertension and diabetes in resource poor settings
According to the Diabetes Atlas 2006, the number of people with diabetes in India is currently around 40.9 million and is expected to rise to 69.9 million by 2025. Similarly, […]