Four years after the ban on smoking in public buildings was extended across the whole of the UK, libertarian hackles are being raised again, this time by local government moves […]
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Domhnall MacAuley: Doctors behind the riots
Would you take a bus through the riot areas that made the news? Would you be comfortable walking along the streets that featured in the TV footage? Would you work […]
Saleyha Ahsan: Working in a refugee camp in Libya
A few weeks ago, I arrived in Tataouine, a desert town in South Tunisia, on a hot sandy day. I was there to work with the Libyan Global Relief Committee (LGRC), a […]
Stephen Ginn: Metaphors in medicine
Metaphors are widely used by both healthcare professionals and lay people when talking about matters of health. Despite this their role is largely unrecognised. This is a shame, I feel, […]
Martin McShane: Mirror on the wall
Someone I know, who is not a health care professional but has dedicated most of their working life to supporting improvements in health and health care, recently shared with me […]
David Kerr: Street life
“Taking back the streets” has been a familiar call over recent days. The brief dominance of younger members of our society rampaging through the roads and alleyways across England recently has […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 23 August 2011
JAMA 17 Aug 2011 Vol 306 711 Randomized controlled trials of new interventions have become something of a rarity in JAMA of late, so I was interested to see this […]
Julian Sheather: Living with your worst nightmare
Once in a while I make a mistake at work – in spite of my best intentions, the human will out. By and large though, people are little inconvenienced by […]
Muir Gray: Competition between systems for pride is effective and essential
Is care for people with rheumatoid disease better in Liverpool or Manchester? Is care for frail elderly people better in Somerset or Devon? Which big city has the best service […]
Research highlights – 19 August 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]