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Richard Smith: Roger Bacon on ignorance and peer review

May 4, 2017

The Franciscan philosopher Roger Bacon (c1214-1294), who some regard as the father of modern science, argued in his great text Opus Majus that there were four sources of ignorance: Frail […]

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Martin McKee: The infamous Brexit dinner party—health was a major issue, but only for the EU

May 3, 2017

Discussions on Brexit have not got off to a good start, with health at the centre of the disagreement, even if the UK does not seem to realise it […]

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Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Defining research

April 28, 2017

Last week I proposed a definition of translational research and started to explore the problem of defining research itself. Previous definitions suggest six headings, relevant to all types of research. […]

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Richard Smith: Must doctors believe in progress?

April 28, 2017

Does being a doctor mean that you’re obliged to believe in progress? Richard Smith discusses […]

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Kieran Walsh: Are you “satisficed” with clinical decision support?   

April 28, 2017

A 60 year old woman goes to her doctor with dizziness and poor balance. Her doctor is not sure what is wrong but thinks about postural hypotension, Meniere’s disease, and […]

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Tara Lamont: Changing hearts, minds, and eating habits—what persuades us?

April 28, 2017

My colleague, Steve, can’t be the only viewer in the last month to have turned vegan after watching Simon Amstell’s film Carnage. This combines humour with polemic to make us […]

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Matt Morgan: Sin-drome—the phenomenon of missing-diagnosis

April 27, 2017

“We’ve had a new admission into bed 3” “Great, I’ll be right there, what’s wrong with them?” “He’s got multiorgan failure but was intubated mainly for respiratory failure” “Ah ok, […]

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Richard Smith: What have I achieved in six years of teaching?

April 24, 2017

Yesterday as I flew home from teaching in Amsterdam for the last time, I wondered what I might have achieved in six (or perhaps it’s seven) years of teaching. Twice […]

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Global health, Richard Smith, Students2 Comments

Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Defining translational research

April 21, 2017

Over the past four weeks I have been exploring models of translational research using the metaphor of crossing bridges. I started by exploring the meanings of translation. It comes from […]

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Richard Smith: Tales of sustainability II—a way forward from Brighton

April 20, 2017

The NHS is legally committed to reducing its carbon consumption by 80% by 2050, but the route to that destination is far from clear. The leaders in trying to find […]

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