In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]
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Helen Jaques asks what makes a good doctor?
Back in 2006 the British Medical Association asked almost 1,000 doctors what core professional values were most important for the practice of medicine, and the respondents came up with all […]
Emily Spry: Five storeys up in Freetown
Most of my job here in Freetown requires skills not covered at Medical school or my GP training thus far. For a start, most of my role here is about […]
Richard Smith: We don’t know how best to communicate the benefits and harms of drugs
Every day hundreds of thousands of doctors and patients around the world discuss the benefits and risks of drugs. You might think therefore that we know how to communicate the […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Of melancholy, despair and, Dr Gachet
Dr Gachet has the world weary look of a country GP. His portrait, which hangs in the Musée d’Orsay, always spoke to me louder than Van Gogh’s sunflowers or other […]
Liz Wager: Something of rascality
At COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics) we regularly receive cases of duplicate publication and undisclosed conflicts of interest. I was therefore intrigued to come across an accusation of publication […]
David Payne on Sarah Silverman and other TEDettes
US comedian Sarah Silverman courts controversy. She’s outspoken and provocative. After performing at the technology, entertainment, and design (TED) conference I attended in California last week, she deservedly received rapturous […]
Julian Sheather: Selling sickness to the worried well
I have an old friend with a long and complicated relationship with food. Several years ago she answered an ad in a woman’s magazine. She filled out a questionnaire, sent […]
Vidhya Alakeson on the snowstorm hitting US health reform
Last weekend a huge snow storm brought Washington D.C. to a standstill. The federal government is closed, supermarket shelves stand empty waiting for new deliveries and most people are stuck […]
What we’re reading 12 February 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]