Who counts when we count cases and deaths from covid-19?
Carmel Hughes, Michael Tunney and Kate Lapane look at why covid-19 deaths in care homes are not being counted, and what needs to be done to protect those most at risk […]
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Covid-19: Intensive care and caring intensely
When we get through covid-19, and rest assured we will, these Intensive Care Unit (ICU) doctors, will march lockstep with others and argue for more beds, staff, and kit. We […]
Agnes Arnold Forster: Has covid put practitioners back in touch with their reasons for becoming healthcare professionals?
For the last couple of years, I have been interviewing British surgeons about their emotions, professional identities, and working lives. For the last couple of weeks, a new question has […]
Living in a nation with covid-19: a perspective from South Korea
I am a neurologist working at a university hospital in Goyang, a city in South Korea that is located on the outskirts of Seoul. Seoul is the most densely populated […]
Renee N. Salas: Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic provide a blueprint for the climate emergency
Two essential clinical principles have guided my practice as an emergency medicine doctor. First, I must use whatever information is available to predict and prepare for my patient’s next potential […]
Clare Taylor: For people with heart failure, covid-19 presents a challenge
Heart failure is a frightening term for a patient to hear at diagnosis, and for those living with the condition these are frightening times. In the UK, the daily announcement […]
Rose Olson: Covid-19 could motivate more resident physicians to unionize
How can residents have their rights protected in times of crisis? Rose Olson looks to labor organizing efforts for some answers […]
Covid-19 and addiction—a secret burden during this pandemic
We’re all in this together, we hear, we read, we tell ourselves as we fumble our way through these extraordinary times. Yet how we manage the days that lie ahead […]
Covid-19: Protect health and social care workers and refer their deaths to the coroner
It is imperative that there is no further delay in providing every healthcare worker with effective PPE […]
Mike Clarke: How can we avoid research waste during the covid-19 pandemic and plan for the future?
Around the world and across disciplines, researchers have turned their attention to covid-19, but we need to ensure this effort is a help rather than a hindrance, says Mike Clarke […]