For as long as I can remember I’ve had a keen sense of justice, for the most part I did not consider myself a leader. It is more so in the past few years I have been grateful to be considered a leader and work to uphold what that means for myself and to those […]
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Healthcare Inequalities and Social Justice Blog Series: Epistemological relevance in social justice: a justified belief or pinion? By Dr. Nagina Khan and Professor Kam Bhui
Miranda Fricker is a critical philosopher, who identified a particular form of social injustice which she named epistemic injustice which occurs when a person is wronged as a knower.1 Fricker explained that the harm this can do and identified there is instant injury when not believed and to be rejected or discredited on a deeper […]
Healthcare inequalities improvement: a fair, equitable division of resources, opportunities, and privileges. By Dr. Nagina Khan
Nagina Khan, Ph.D. – Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, CHiMES Group, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Oxford It is a great source of pride for me to be invited as the Editorial Fellow at the BMJ Leader Journal and to curate a series of blogs on healthcare inequalities and social justice, which are relevant to contemporary times […]
Greener Leader Blog Series : The Green Team. By Lorenz Kemper
While I have always strived to be mindful of our environment, it is in recent years that I have taken more active steps, even if it meant personal inconveniences and financial investments. The driving force for this was no single event, but the momentum of various campaigns such as Friday-for-Future school strikes and TV documentaries, […]
We should all shine a light on ‘mental health as a universal human right’. By Dr. Nagina Khan
World Mental Health has been celebrated every year on 10 October. The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘Mental health is a universal human right.’ However, is the mental health of those that work in the mental health services itself not worthy of mention and deep concern? Today we […]
Gender Affirming Care: Lowering the Temperature to Raise the Bar on Children’s Health. By Dr. Marc Harrison and Molly Gillis
While technology enabled much-needed human connection during COVID-19, algorithm-driven social media and the residual fear and anger from the collective loss and restrictions of the pandemic have created heightened divisiveness around medical issues. Angry discourse around medical care became a daily reality as the world navigated vaccinations and safety mandates. And yet politics and healthcare […]
In conversation with Dr. Jan Frich
To watch this interview, please follow this link Hello I’m Domhnall MacAuley and welcome to this BMJLeader Conversation. Today I’m talking to Jan Frich. Jan you’ve a remarkable career from Clinical Neurologist to a Senior Executive in hospital and health authority. Tell us about that journey and how you move from being a clinician to being […]
Greener Leader Blog series: Being a physician parent in the time of climate crisis – Leading with compassion, anger, and hope. By Kathryn Speedy and Melanie Knowles
Becoming a parent is an extraordinary thing. Few will forget the moment they held their baby for the first time, and the countless humdrum yet astonishing moments that followed as their child learned, smiled, walked and talked. Parents of young children often spend hours outside, perhaps deepening our sense of connection with the natural world. […]
Using the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ to innovate in health professions pre-registration curriculum design
In the image foreground, traditional health professions pre-registration curriculum design meetings often happen in physical spaces, at set times with set agendas. The results are the same types of people contributing in a set way. This is a particular challenge in broader health research where those contributing as curriculum stakeholders, specifically patients with lived healthcare […]
Leadership and Team Working in Art: The MOTH Talk CPR Art Project
Talking about palliative illness and future treatment wishes, including future resuscitative attempts, may not sound like a project that translates to art easily. But a collaboration between Falmouth University School of Art, and Cardiff University School of Medicine proved this notion wrong.[i] A graphic design collaboration within medical palliative care settings demonstrated a powerful and effective way […]