Abraar Karan: Politics and public health in America—taking a stand for what is right
Doctors, scientists, and public health leaders are increasingly stepping into the fray and getting political, writes Abraar Karan […]
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Richard Smith: Beware the snares of “Conventional Wisdom,” with implications for the pandemic and much else
The most famous part of J K Galbraith’s famous book The Affluent Society, which was published in 1958, is the chapter in which he exposes the constant failure of what […]
Shaun Colley: Learning psychiatry in lockdown—a different type of bedside manner
While being able to connect with patients from home has many benefits, this blurring of different worlds can be an unsettling experience, finds medical student Shaun Colley […]
Charlotte O’Herron and Jon Kusner: Is breaking down barriers to voting a dimension of healthcare?
The struggle in the US to manage the covid-19 pandemic has made it clear that public leaders at all levels of government wield great influence over our health. Beyond the […]
“Hands Up for Our Health” calls for suspension of NHS charging regulations
If there is a positive message to be drawn from the misery of the covid-19 pandemic, it is that of community. Of people in their thousands volunteering to support the […]
Katherine Murdoch: Foundation interim doctors—a role beyond the pandemic?
The internet is loading, families are gathering around computer screens and the medical school dean is preparing his speech. It is the twenty seventh of March and instead of being […]
Breaks at breaking point—doctors need to take time out in a pandemic
Work during the covid-19 pandemic—whether it is frontline care, administration, management or pastoral support—has two hallmarks which makes it problematic for fatigue and performance: it is relentless and it is […]
Martin J Vernon: Discharge “criteria to reside:” policy lever or blunt instrument?
As the pandemic approached England in early 2020, government policy decisions ensured most people stayed at home and NHS hospitals were largely protected. Yet some lives were not saved that […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—1 October 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Nicky Philpott: Ending the NHS’s contribution to the climate emergency
I met a climate refugee the other day—a woman who had lost her home in the wildfires in California. She was forced to leave her community because she could no […]