Dementia friendly dentistry
Dental care for patients with dementia presents some obvious challenges – but also opportunities
Ethics: A vice-like grip on virtue
Can virtues become vices in healthcare – and vice versa?
Making a medical app
What goes into the development and testing of a medical app? Here Matt Wickenden describes how one innovative app was custom created for use by respiratory specialists
The accidental editor
Adam Campbell meets Dr Fiona Godlee - the forthright BMJ editor not afraid to take a stand
Vignette: Innovator in palliative care, Dame Cicely Saunders
Julia Merrick recounts the life and career of this unique physician
Briefing: Can we reduce overtreatment?
A new campaign aims to address “over-medicalisation” and increase patient involvement in decision-making. But what does that mean in practical terms?
Risk: Free will in consent
Much has been written about the need to determine competence and what information a patient should have when providing valid consent to treat – but there is also a vital third element: ensuring free choice
MDDUS plays leading role in strengthening new GMC guidance
MDDUS is pleased the GMC has addressed its concerns on how “adequate and appropriate indemnity and insurance” is interpreted as part of the updated guidance Insurance, indemnity and medico-legal support launched today.
Child tooth extractions up by a quarter in past decade
THE number of tooth extractions performed on young children in England has risen by almost a quarter in the past 10 years, according to new figures.
Majority of doctors worried about future patient safety
ALMOST three-quarters of doctors fear their service may be unable to deliver safe patient care in the next 12 months, according to a survey by the Royal College of Physicians.