Thamel is a busy tourist hub in Kathmandu. Its streets are lined by numerous shops, massage centres, bars, pubs, hotels, restaurants and even strip clubs, popularly known as dance restaurants. […]
Students
Ohad Oren injects hope into medical communication
In Israel, a country where we don’t need reminding of the precariousness of life, absolute terms like life and death are sometimes blurred. This gives power to the sort of […]
Frances Dixon on month two at medical school
We are well into the first term now, and we are starting to do some modules that are not just straight science. One of these is an epidemiology module. I […]
Ohad Oren on euthanasia, supermarket style
Debbie Purdy, a 45 year old woman with progressive multiple sclerosis, failed in her bid last month to be able to end her life when her excruciating symptoms become unbearable for […]
Frances Dixon on her first month at medical school
So that’s four weeks of medical school gone. Just six more years left. The first month has been pretty hectic, but thoroughly enjoyable. It started off, as most courses do, […]
Laura James on science and journalism
On 19 of October I arrived in Madrid, the the place of beautiful parks, live flamenco, brilliant nightlife, churros, a Spanish type of long thin doughnut, El Rastro, an enormous outdoor […]
Ambulances flying above the Middle East
“By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy – indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other […]
Siddhartha Yadav: Sue me, please
I have just read a BMJ news story about doctors being beaten up in Nepal for the death of a patient. While this may seem to be quite shocking for […]
Lucy Dennison on talent and autism
Last week I went to a two day discussion meeting at the Royal Society on talent and autism. It raised a lot of thought provoking questions, not only about autism […]
Eva Brencicova on admissions to medical school
The procedures of admissions to medical school are extremely varied around the world. Yet they seem to have one thing in common – success is considered a huge deal. At […]