In John Berger’s book, A Fortunate Man , Dr Sassall says: “All diffidence in my position is a fault. A form of negligence.”1 Diffidence is perhaps the least culpable manifestation of turning away, but it remains a kind of dismissal and a failure to pay attention to the detail of another’s distress. The injunction Don’t Turn Away is the title of a new book by Penelope Campling which is borne of…
Objective To investigate risks of multiple adverse outcomes associated with use of antipsychotics in people with dementia. Design Population based matched cohort study. Setting Linked…
Objectives To examine how the lifetime risks of atrial fibrillation and of complications after atrial fibrillation changed over time. Design Danish, nationwide, population based cohort…
I’ve been a GP appraiser for around 20 years, more or less since appraisals were introduced. I’ve appraised colleagues across the professional spectrum, from those…
Stigma has tangible consequences for clinical outcomes, quality of life, and wellbeing of people with living with diabetes, says Jazz Sethi Have you ever felt…
The outgoing RCPCH president is “ashamed” of the state of child health in the UK, she tells Gareth Iacobucci . But there are quick wins…
Rising levels of ill health will take a toll on people’s lives and the economy in the next 15 years, health policy experts have warned.…
The next government should establish a senior cabinet level position of children’s minister to ensure that young people’s health and wellbeing are at the heart…
Family doctors in Scotland’s second largest health board are drawing up plans to cut their services after being hit with staggering increases in service charges…
Despite tremendous advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades many groups are systematically left behind, ignored, or even forgotten, an…
