Overstretched and underfunded, these are commonly cited challenges for healthcare—and ones that are difficult to overcome. My Dad used to talk to me about the “zone of proximity,” and I’m old enough now to admit that he was right, so I’m going to focus here on what those of us on the frontline can control. At […]
Ilona Kickbusch discusses the challenges that Dr Tedros will face and how he will need to apply his political focus and determination […]
Elizabeth Loder explains why decision letters from The BMJ often arrive quickly and at odd hours […]
As the CBO reports that the AHCA could result in million of Americans losing healthcare insurance, Allan M. Joseph and William H. Seligman assess what impact this will have […]
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Work environments that support caring and compassionate communication with patients provide foundations on which high quality, patient centred care can flourish. Nothing tests communication skills so much as breaking bad news. Emotions are often running high for both patient and doctor. Compassionate behavioural skills—using the right words expressed in the right way—can help minimise patient […]
We are all asked for feedback. We all receive feedback and then feedback on the feedback. This almost obsessive behaviour with feedback, in many cases, means the emphasis on the actual content of the original feedback is somewhat lost. As a training doctor in the UK, I am often asked for various reports on my […]
As I have previously discussed, although the idea of translational research did not start to emerge as such until the 1980s, it had roots in the idea of “diffusion of innovations”, “the process in which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system” as Everett Rogers defined […]
Iain Overton discusses how health services responded to the London 7/7 bombings and the Boston Marathon attack. […]
“For people to change, they need to connect,” Professor Pavao said to me on the car journey into UNESP university, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. It was my second day of a one-month study visit to learn about medical education. Professor Pavao was telling me about the event that she had coordinated the previous week to […]