Should we treat mental illness the same as physical illness?
I have grown uneasy with the pressure to validate mental illness by analogy with the physical.
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Putting power in the hands of patients
Mobile phone apps are among the new technologies helping facilitate better-connected care.
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The strange death of boozy Britain: why are young people drinking less?
Ditching alcohol for work.
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The proposed cuts to junior doctors’ pay will make medicine a profession for the privileged
Jeremy Hunt is an intelligent man with a first-class education. This makes his ill-fated proposed contract appear even more callous…
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Want to know how you really behave as a doctor? Watch yourself on video
There is nothing quite like watching oneself at work to spur development – and videos can help us understand patients,…
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Departure and denial: the contradictions of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness
To this day, the way my mother cared for my grandmother both inspires and confuses me.
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Why are junior doctors going on strike? To save the NHS
There’s a battle brewing for the future of the NHS – and the treatment of junior doctors is just the…
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The politics of health: a clear-eyed account of inequality and the NHS
The Health Gap: the Challenge of an Unequal World by Michael Marmot reviewed.
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