When a surgeon praises the achievements of primary care, you sit up and listen. Admittedly, Professor Sam Leinster was welcoming delegates to the Society of Primary Care meeting at the […]
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Muza Gondwe: Malawi, a small poor country but with a significant scientific publication record
Poverty is synonymous with Malawi, a small African country, but nevertheless Malawi seems to be leading the field in terms of quality research. At least it is according to the Global […]
Andrew Burd on acute email withdrawal
The departmental server went down in the period of time between leaving work on Friday evening and arriving home. In Hong Kong we are ahead of most of the world […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: The hidden burden of women smokers in Bangladesh
Change is afoot in Bangladesh in terms of smoking and may represent a missed opportunity to prevent women from smoking. According to the WHO report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, […]
Julian Sheather: Should doctors prescribe placebos?
With considerable media fanfare the BMA has declared its opposition to the NHS providing homeopathic remedies. Not entirely a surprise, given the BMA’s explicit support for evidence-based medicine. The consensus […]
Richard Smith: Are you brave enough to feed back?
Are you brave enough to feed back when you see poor behaviour? I wish I was—because feedback can lead to improvement, whereas silence allows the poor behaviour to continue. I’ve […]
Domhnall MacAuley on IVF
Death and the quest for new life seem unlikely companions. Last week’s headline read “Inquest told woman who died in car fire was ‘devastated’ over failed IVF.” The other side […]
Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 5 July 2010
NEJM 1 Jul 2010 Vol 363 11 So far, the trials of carotid stenting versus endarterectomy have sent out mixed messages, but the CREST study sends out a message of […]
Kayte McCann on health inequalities
If I were to ask you what the primary care trusts of Gateshead, Lambeth, Rotherham, Liverpool and Tower Hamlets had in common, what would you say? […]
Richard Smith: Can the NHS get digital?
Why has the NHS been so much slower to use information technology than other sectors and what might be done to encourage it to speed up? These were questions addressed […]