Author: British Medical Journal

bmj;376/mar07_3/o582/FAF1faCredit: John Ra, Partners in HealthPaul Farmer’s humanitarian passion was summed up in the title…

General practice in England faces a wave of radical reform if recommendations in a new…

bmj;376/mar04_10/o508/FAF1faAfter house doctor appointments in medicine, accident and emergency medicine, obstetrics, gynaecology, and dermatology, Neville…

Vulnerable people released from immigration detention in the UK are too often left without crucial…

bmj;376/mar04_8/o513/FAF1faMarie Gwendoline Fisher, our mother, qualified from the Royal Free Hospital Royal Free Hospital in…

bmj;376/mar04_7/o542/FAF1faBorn in Kelvingrove, Glasgow, John Alexander Glennie went to medical school in Aberdeen. After three…

William Semion Scott (known as Bill or Willie), retired general practitioner in Maryhill, Glasgow, died…

bmj;376/mar04_5/o512/FAF1faAbrahão Henrique Brafman (“Abe”) was born to recent immigrants from Poland and the Crimea in…

bmj;376/mar04_4/o538/FAF1faAs resident medical officer at Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, Constance Fozzard (“Connie”) met her future…

In this paper by Matthew Costa and colleagues (BMJ 2022;376:e068041; doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-068041), three percentages in table…

Literary trigger warningsIt sometimes seems that hardly a week goes by but some university or…

The head of the World Health Organization has made an urgent call for a safe…

As I was writing this article yesterday, I watched the UK government announce in Parliament…

William Paton Maclay (“Bill”) was a connector—as an individual, as a medical practitioner, as a…

The health, wellbeing, and safety of the people of Ukraine have dominated the thoughts of…

The lean green vaccine machineGreen Book, you’re a modern masterpiece. You’re in-depth, practical, clear, definitive;…

What you need to knowUp to 20% of children develop a motor tic as part…

More UK adults are seeking private healthcare as poor access to care exacerbated by the…

More UK adults are seeking private healthcare as poor access to care exacerbated by the…

Vitamin D and mortality in older peopleIn 2014, a Cochrane review concluded that Vitamin D3…

This is a rash on the upper body of a man in his 50s, secondary…

The BMA has said it is “bitterly disappointed” with NHS England’s decision to impose changes…

We call for retraction of the 2008 Lancet article on “clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered…

The health minister Maria Caulfield has been asked to explain the “startling gap” between the…

On the morning of 24 February 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. As politicians across the…

bmj;376/mar02_11/o544/FAF1faJeremiah (Jerry) Stamler, often described as the “father of preventive cardiology,” was one of the…

It is now almost two years since the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) national study…

The government is facing sustained pressure to tackle workforce shortages in the NHS—now routinely referred…

In February I discussed the ways in which doctors and other health professionals can, and…

Paul Nurse is no expert, he says. The geneticist and former president of the Royal…

Discharging people home or into community settings rapidly and safely after a stay in hospital…

OpenThe word “open” ultimately derives from an Indo-European root, UPO, meaning under, up from under,…

A $26bn payout in a US legal case pitting opioid makers and distributors against thousands…

There is an enormous difference between being a doctor and being the family doctor, as…

Humans are not doing enough to mitigate climate change effects that are already inevitable, the…

To doctors and much of the public, who have spent the last two years doing…

The UK government has signalled its intention to introduce a licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic…

Current treatments for eating disorders can at best be described as moderately effective,1 indicating a…

Appleby has picked up something of a poisoned chalice in predicting GP workforce requirements.1 His…

The government needs to get tougher on public health and put more focus on interventions…

I spent many years as a medical teacher attempting to coach students in the art…

Thousands of Russian doctors and other healthcare workers have signed an open letter to Vladimir…

We, Russian doctors, nurses, and paramedics, strongly oppose the military actions carried out by Russian…

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the survival benefit of transplantation versus dialysis for waitlisted kidney failure patients with…

It was the remoteness that struck doctor Helmer Charris when he arrived in Bajo Chiquito….