The views of patients and the public should be included in policy responses to covid-19
Patients and our communities are a critical partner in or out of crisis and in the quest towards more equitable, sustainable and resilient health systems […]
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Doctors have a moral duty to ensure that covid-19 testing is rolled out progressively
Many healthcare workers will have breathed a sigh of relief on hearing that rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for covid-19 will soon be available. To date, nearly 100,000 people have been […]
Protecting wildlife—a lesson from the covid-2019 outbreak that should not be overlooked
Discussion around the covid-2019 outbreak has focused on city lockdowns and how best to control the virus.1-3 But we should not ignore the protection of wild animals and their part […]
Looking after doctors’ mental wellbeing during the covid-19 pandemic
Kevin Teoh and Gail Kinman share ways that doctors can look after themselves during the covid-19 pandemic While organisational and systems factors are major contributors to poor mental wellbeing, individual […]
David Hunter: Covid-19—it is vital we put this crisis to good use
In every crisis lies an opportunity. Covid-19 is no exception. Of course any gains from falling air pollution levels in Beijing and London, a renewed desire to reconnect with and […]
Stephen L Roberts: Covid-19 and the crisis of international politics
Covid-19 is a global pandemic. It is also a diagnostic for understanding and evaluating the ongoing crisis of international politics. From the initial emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, […]
Covid-19: Protecting frontline healthcare workers—what lessons can we learn from Ebola?
On March 23, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. The virus, which originated in Guinea, subsequently spread to neighbouring countries and become […]
Richard Lehman’s covid-19 reviews—23 March 2020
In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19 […]
Davina Nylander: How might the social stigma around covid-19 perpetuate the spread of disease?
We must pay attention to the social ills that are being disseminated in the wake of covid-19, argues Davina Nylander […]
Richard Smith: What was difficult if not impossible two weeks ago is happening fast now with covid-19
Almost a quarter of a century ago I wrote in The BMJ about an evolution from “industrial age medicine” to “information age healthcare.” Despite the spread of the internet, social […]