The BMJ has a new policy of asking authors of eligible research articles to pay a publication fee. It only applies when the funder has already pledged to pay for open access publication and when authors can claim from their funder, the BMJ fee, in full, for that specific piece of research. The move does […]
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Research highlights – 20 August 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]
Muza Gondwe: glorious nutritious red earth
I watched her from the kitchen window. Clawing away at the crusty anthill in the backyard. She cupped the red earth in her hand and threw it into the back of her mouth. She chewed, sucked, and then swallowed, satisfied. I was twelve years old and growing up in Zambia. I had a western upbringing […]
US highlights – 13 August 2010
The focus at our daily planning meetings this week has not been the UK, nor indeed the US, but the natural disasters engulfing the world. Smog in Russia, flooding and fears of a cholera outbreak in Pakistan, the murder of aid agency workers in Afghanistan, including British doctor Karen Woo. Visit bmj.com for the regular […]
This week’s research highlights – 13 August 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]
This week’s research highlights – 6 August 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]
Peter Lapsley: Casting for recovery
Until quite recently, I saw little connection between fly fishing and health service provision apart from the fact that many doctors are also fly fishers. A year or so ago, however, I became aware of the growing and remarkable success of Casting for Recovery (CfR), a charity which uses fly fishing to provide education, relaxation […]
Andrew Burd: Bring back the white coat
Helen, a delightful medical student from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, has been staying with us for an elective. All overseas students are asked to provide their own white coats and our visitor from the UK told us that she had to borrow a white coat from a Hong Kong friend. There are no […]
This week’s research highlights – 30 July 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]
Emily Spry: Does Freetown really exist?
I’m back in London after spending nearly a year working in the national Children’s Hospital in Sierra Leone, West Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world. It has been amazing to come back to the luxuries of reliable water and power, safe and efficient transport, and a seemingly unlimited procession of utterly […]