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Jo Habben: Reducing pressure damage is everybody’s business
Pressure damage isn’t new, Florence Nightingale herself identified that in some circumstances pressure ulcers could be attributed to deficits in nursing care. We have known about pressure damage for a […]
The BMJ Today: Are conflicts of interest in medicine so bad?
• The NEJM has been wondering if conflicts of interest in medicine are really so bad? In a blistering essay, Robert Steinbrook, Jerome Kassirer, and Marcia Angell, former senior editors […]
Marika Davies: Virtual ethics—could 3D avatars help prepare doctors to deal with ethical dilemmas?
The news that virtual reality is making a comeback is likely to meet with a mixed reception in the world of medical education. Concerns were recently raised that simulation should […]
Toby Shipway: Down the wire
“Down the wire” is the process of winching down and up from a helicopter to locations otherwise inaccessible. It’s a phrase that I associate with films involving Navy Seals, the […]
The BMJ Today: Stand up to keep fit
• According a news story, standing and light activity for two hours per day during work hours is recommended for those in roles which are for the most part sedentary. The advice […]
Neel Sharma: Validation in medical education—from classroom to curriculum
In clinical research there is typically a transition from cell based analysis, animal work, and human involvement before any form of intervention, be it diagnostic or treatment based, is deemed valid […]
Katherine Sleeman: Assisted dying is about more than autonomy
Last month, Jeffrey Spector, a business man from Lancashire, travelled to Switzerland to receive assistance to die. He had been diagnosed six years earlier with an inoperable spinal tumour, which […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—1 June 2015
NEJM 28 May 2015 Vol 372 2087 Now that the NEJM has flagged up its position on conflicts of interest, it’s definitely a case of caveat lector—looking hard at what […]
The BMJ Today: “Rapid responses are wonderful”
Michael Stone praises The BMJ’s article based post publication peer review in a weekend rapid response to my feature marking the 20th anniversary of the journal’s website last week. They “allow for an […]