The use of medicine as an “instrument of violence” in both the Iraq War and the Syrian conflict shows how blurred the lines between civilian and combatant spaces can become. According to the authors of…
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When we think of what defines a medical consultation, we quite reasonably think of the “presenting complaint”: the medical problem which the patient brings to the doctor. In movies, literature, common…
As a GP, when I prescribe a drug, I need to know its likely benefits and risks, and I need to base my decision-making on the best available evidence. I’d like to think the same principle applies to the…
Consensus and evidence suggests a compulsory co-payment of A$6 for a visit to the general practitioner will reduce population health but might save some money. Can we not try a bit harder and think of…
We don’t know the exact details of why Abbas Khan, the British surgeon who died while in custody, was arrested last November at a regime checkpoint in Syria and imprisoned and tortured, or the manner of…
The call for more funding for general practice by Clare Gerada, the outgoing chair of the Royal College of GPs, attracted much attention. But within the profession, an interview in which she gave cautious…
Doctors have lower compliance rates than nurses when it comes to hand-hygiene, a new study looking into the effectiveness…
The level of hand hygiene of doctors is lower than that of nurses, according to a new study by the World Health Organisation…
The history of childbirth and midwifery has seen some dramatic changes, not only in new medical discoveries that vastly improved the safety of both mother and baby but also in social trends and the way…
It’s a traditional part of the theatre of health policy for trade unionists to give secretaries of state for health a hard time. The latest example of this was the vote of no confidence in Jeremy Hunt…
A new study shows an association between less access to GPs and high rates of attendance in nearby accident and emergency (A&E) units. It’s an interesting piece of work but risks inflaming an already…
New research linking less access to GPs and higher demand in Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments could ignite the row over the A&E crisis. The number of people visiting A&E in England…
The NHS in 2013 is facing a series of unprecedented challenges. A rapidly ageing population is just one of a number of factors fuelling a rise in demand for services and hospitals are struggling to cope…
Politicians and policy makers are blaming failures in out-of-hours GP care for the rising demand on accident and emergency (A&E) units. The number of attendances at A&E departments in England rose…
Ten percent of the world consumes 90% of the morphine. At first glance that’s just another statistic about haves and have nots. But it’s more stark than that - particularly if you have cancer in a country…
Our increasing use of hospital services is out of control and unsustainable and is contributing to the current crisis in accident and emergency (A&E). But the problem isn’t new and 30 years of NHS…
Health commissions and medical boards should publicly disclose the details of complaints against doctors when multiple allegations of misconduct or inappropriate behaviour are made, experts say. The call…
Male GPs with children earn up to $105,000 more a year than female GPs who are also mothers, according to new research. The…
A culture of invincibility in the medical profession is in need of change, according to recent research among general practitioners…
Patients don’t mistrust their doctors but look up their illnesses on the internet in order to be better informed and to play…
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Joel Lexchin é um amigo do The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Nursing, University of Hull
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Professor and Executive Dean of School, Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Massey University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Health Service Research, University of Birmingham
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Brett Montgomery é um amigo do The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School
