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David Oliver: A matter of trust—doctors, the NHS, patients, and the public

Posted on February 20, 2018February 28, 2018 by BMJ

The public still have high levels of trust in doctors as a profession, but we must not take that trust for granted […]

Michel Kazatchkine: Winds of hope on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia?

Posted on February 20, 2018February 23, 2018 by BMJ

The announcement by UNAIDS that some 21 million people living with HIV are now on treatment uncovers an extraordinary achievement and one of the great global health milestones of this century. It gives us hope that the other 15 million or so people living with HIV can also soon access anti-retroviral treatment, and hope that […]

Mihály Kökény and Gyula Kincses: Health can be a unifying issue in an era of polarised politics

Posted on February 19, 2018February 22, 2018 by BMJ

Hungary is experiencing a deepening crisis in healthcare, but it is possible for parties of different interests to work together […]

Richard Smith: How medicine is destroying itself

Posted on February 19, 2018March 2, 2018 by BMJ

We need to change the course of medicine from a battle that can never be won to a humane enterprise […]

John Brennan: What can the QI movement learn from evidence based medicine?

Posted on February 19, 2018February 23, 2018 by BMJ

As a recently trained GP, I am well versed in the ways of evidence-based medicine. It is the bedrock upon which my medical training was based, and one of the key standards upon which my clinical practice is judged by my peers, and more importantly by my patients. Practising medicine based on the best available […]

Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—19 February 2018

Posted on February 19, 2018February 26, 2018 by BMJ

Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]

Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical catachresis—confusibility

Posted on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by BMJ

Catachresis (Greek κατάχρησις, from χρῆσθαι to use, κατά giving a sense of perversion) is the mistaken use of one term for another. When not due to sheer ignorance, it can arise through confusibility or ambiguity. Confusibility occurs when two or more terms can easily be mistaken for each other. Ambiguity is the capacity of a […]