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Muir Gray: Defining the population for systems of care
Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 2: Defining the Population Having defined the scope of the system, […]
Richard Smith: Reporting guidelines for case reports
The Equator network of guidelines on reporting health research, a hugely valuable resource, has 200 guidelines, but none of them are for case reports. So as case reports seem to […]
Aser Garcia Rada: The end of a public healthcare system in Spain
It is 11 months since the conservative People’s Party came to power in Spain, and in that time there has been a distinct lack of clarity and transparency in their […]
Annabel Ferriman: Finding the smoking gun
The best thing about Richard Peto’s Harveian Oration last week, apart from its brilliance, wit, and perspicacity, was his definition of “middle age.” Whereas a lesser man might have made […]
Hugh Morris on City Health 2012
City Health 2012 is undoubtedly the most ambitious—and in many ways the most important event—the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum has hosted in the twenty years of its existence. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—22 October 2012
JAMA 17 Oct 2012 Vol 308 1545 “Between 1988 and 2010, favorable trends in lipid levels have occurred among adults in the United States.” That may seem pretty amazing, but […]
Desmond O’Neill: 50 shades of stroke
Language in Ireland can be tricky and subtle, with many shades of meaning possible for even simple words such as “stroke,” as our minister for health discovered to his chagrin […]
Domhnall MacAuley: How to be a great researcher
What do you say when giving a talk at a university where you once worked? To speak about publishing, research, and the BMJ would be quite straightforward. It was a […]
Julian Sheather: Safeguarding adults—respecting freedom, maximising welfare
I was in Bromley recently at an adult safeguarding conference. It was in some respects a melancholy day. We heard about Brent Martin, a 23 year-old with learning disabilities and […]