The seventh International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) conference, sponsored by the BMJ, took place in Lima, Peru, over the last three days. It was organised by Victor Montori, a charismatic […]
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Penny Campling: Is the Francis Report part of the problem?
There seems to be a growing attitude that the Francis Report will not result in any great change. No doubt there will be a few worthy policies generated—although the amount […]
Domhnall MacAuley: The US champions primary care
When the US starts to champion primary care, it is time to sit up. With its traditionally specialist focus, this may seem out of character, but as a result of […]
Mohit Sharma: Do we need tougher drug patent laws?
History has witnessed numerous drug patent wars, but in April 2013, the Indian Supreme Court did something which captured the attention of the international media. It denied a patent to […]
Joe McManners: Primary care development needs to be led by clinical commissioning groups
This season’s hot topic is urgent care, particularly in relation to primary and community based care. Before we get carried away with patchwork top down answers, we need to make […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of Indian medical papers—18 June 2013
One of the most enthralling articles that caught my attention last month was one entitled “Knowledge and practice of clinical ethics among healthcare providers in a government hospital, Chennai” published […]
Sean Roche: Wake up and smell the coffee (or the essential non-being of the Francis report)
I couldn’t be more serious in beginning to reflect on the Francis report with a joke. The joke is employed by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek in his illustration of ideology, […]
Fran Baum on the final day of the WHO global health meeting
Fran Baum is blogging from the 8th World Health Organization Global Health meeting. Read her other blogs here. The morning session of the final day of the WHO 8th global […]
Georgios Lyratzopoulos on the revolution in cancer data
Success in reducing mortality from cardiovascular disease combined with improvements in cancer survival mean that the number of people at risk of being diagnosed, or living with cancer, is increasing. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—17 June 2013
JAMA 12 June 2013 Vol 309 2345 “Moral panic” is a term which dates back to the 1830s and describes “an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue […]