The main focus of the recent Francis report has been on the implications it has on the clinical and economic management of the NHS, but there are many lessons that […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 March 2013
JAMA 6 Mar 2013 Vol 309 887 The Greek for belt is zoster, while the Latin for girdle is cingulum. Add Greek for creeping (or snake) and you get herpes […]
Anant Bhan and Bhavna Dhingra: We need a comprehensive approach to women’s health in India
It has been a winter of discontent regarding the status of women in India, sparked by national outrage following the gruesome gang rape of a young trainee physiotherapist in Delhi. […]
Bridget Ugorji on how PATHS skills training is helping to save lives
Bridget Ugorji is a midwife at Hadejia General Hospital in Jigawa Northern Nigeria. On International Women’s Day, she shares her experiences of how the life saving skills training she received […]
Jacob Puliyel on the All India centralised entrance test
Final year medical students in the UK currently face an uncertain future as they wait to find out what foundation school place they have been allocated following the muddled “situational […]
Rachel Hendrick on the “Selling Sickness: People before Profit” conference
The conference “Selling Sickness: People before Profit” was held in Washington, D.C. on 20 – 22 February 2013. It was organised by Leonore Tiefer, a scholar and activist in sexuality, […]
Jeremy Hill: Teaching family medicine in Bangalore
“Please come to Bangalore” was the invitation. In my day job I am a British general practitioner with special interests in dermatology and medical education—so what was I doing teaching […]
Amir Attaran on tackling counterfeit medicines
Vienna—Efforts to rid the world of dangerous medicines have been given a boost by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. Delegates of UN member states, police, manufacturers, academics, […]
Paul Glasziou: Can’t buy me love … but can money buy me clinical quality?
When the Beatles claimed that they “don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love,” they did not provide scientific references. While we might hope that statements of […]
Elizabeth Loder: How medical journals can help stop disease mongering
It would be hard to collect a more fascinating bunch of topics or people in a hotel conference room. The 2013 Selling Sickness conference recently held in Washington, DC was […]