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David Payne on Raoul Moat and Desert Island Discs
The sorry saga of fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has no doubt triggered countless watercooler conversations about the extent to which he was “mad, bad, or just plain evil.” A colleague […]
Edward Davies: The NHS white paper (entirely predictable and not very radical)
Two of the major charges being thrown at this week’s health white paper have been that it is completely unexpected and brain-meltingly radical. On the first point I’ve already had […]
Richard Smith on doctors’ tricky decisions
One of the pleasures of being a doctor, albeit one who doesn’t see patients, is that you get to chat to other doctors, real ones, about the tricky decisions they […]
Julian Sheather on sexuality and a severely brain damaged partner
Difficult cases may make bad law, but they can also be a powerful stimulus for thought. A problem may be a candle, as the French writer Paul Valéry put it, […]
John Ellershaw on end of life care
The General Medical Council’s guidance to doctors on end of life care, which came into force on 1 July, is obviously a welcome and much-needed initiative. It is interesting to […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Don’t mention climate change
Don’t talk about climate change. Don’t even use the words. It is liable to make people stick their heads in the sand. David Pencheon, Director of the NHS Sustainable Development […]
Ike Anya on his first Faculty of Public Health conference
I attended my first Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference at Imperial College London last week. I’m told it used to be a 2-day event with several breakout sessions, but […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 12 July 2010
JAMA 7 July 2010 Vol 304 45 Glucosamine is the doctor’s best friend. It doesn’t do anything, but people believe it might, and so if you have trouble treating their […]
Richard Smith: Rediscovering public health through global health
These days I spend lots of time in low and middle income countries, and as I think more about their health problems and less about the endless reorganisations of the […]