Chris Stokel-Walker reports on the medical professionals whose YouTube channels have become vital sources of public information In times of uncertainty we seek information and increasingly that comes online. The world’s second most visited website—also the second biggest search engine in the world—has a big role to play. That site is YouTube. Global search queries on YouTube for coronavirus…
Readers of The BMJ who are registered clinicians working in the UK will be well aware of the professional duty of candour and transparency over…
Staffing shortages play a key role in unsafe maternity care, an analysis of 92 cases by the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) programme has…
GP Adam Booth talks to Kathy Oxtoby about his experiences of climbing some of the highest mountains in the world, including Everest—twice “It feels infinite,”…
Polypharmacy is common in older adults and is associated with adverse drug events, cognitive and functional impairment, increased healthcare costs, and increased risk of frailty,…
I’ll always be grateful to the doctor who delivered my first baby: a kind and skilled obstetric registrar able to analyse the situation and undertake…
200 days into Israel’s military bombardment and siege of Gaza, we are witnessing the onset of a man made and entirely preventable famine, say Sameer…
Only two years ago when we were looking to add to our team of doctors, we had just a handful of applicants. Other practices nearby…
Only two years ago when we were looking to add to our team of doctors, we had just a handful of applicants. Other practices nearby…
After the confusion of 2020, WHO has finally changed its definition of how diseases can spread through the air. But what is the new definition—and…
Sanitation is an essential public health service, so where is the outrage at the pollution of England’s waterways, ask these authors Recently the dire state…
