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Peter Bailey: The emperor’s finery
It was not of course in relation to the NHS that Tony Blair famously said “I only know what I believe.” His assertion was in defence of military action in […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 20 February 2012
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David Kerr: Saving the world–pharma dips a toe into social media gaming for health
“I’m afraid I’m currently out of the office right now on the never-ending mission to restore world health—I am very interested in your message and will endeavour to reply to […]
Tiago Villanueva: What is a neurohospitalist?
When I first met Andrew Wilner, an American physician, a few years ago, it was the first time I had heard of the word “neurohospitalist.” I obviously knew what a […]
Martin McShane: Does commissioning need an incentive?
I became interested in commissioning through Fundholding. Like the majority of GP practices that got involved we did so because we wanted to improve the experience and the services our […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: Capturing equity in systematic reviews
Systematic reviews have something of an image problem. To the uninitiated, they can be considered too effete because they run on for hundreds of pages, with lots of forest plots […]