Vignette: Elsie Widdowson (1906-2000)
Pioneering nutritionist who developed and tested wartime rations
Book choice: Recovery – The Lost Art of Convalescence
Review of book by Gavin Francis
Ethics: Lessons learned - ethical and educational
Professor Deborah Bowman becomes a student again and reflects on the ethical context of how we as individuals meet and treat aspiring clinicians.
Dilemma: Covert recording made public
A patient covertly records a medical consultation and posts it on social media. Is this within their rights?
Case study: An inconvenient “mole”
...It is alleged that Dr J failed to consider a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma and refer the patient for further investigations...
Case study: Long-term diazepam prescription
...Dr H prescribes the drug weekly despite complaints by Mr C that he runs out of medication by the weekend...
Case study: Back pain
...The letter claims that had Mr U been referred to hospital after the first follow-up consultation he would have likely undergone an emergency MRI scan which would have identified a paracentral disc protrusion compressing the cauda equina...
No man’s land - the pioneering women of WW1
Author Wendy Moore on the story behind her book celebrating the ground-breaking WWI “suffragettes’ hospital” at Endell Street, London
A time of constant change - two years of Covid
Insight catches up with inner-city GP Dr Khyati Bakhai after two very difficult years dealing with Covid-19
Pitfalls in spotting cauda equina syndrome
Dr Guy Krauth highlights common pitfalls in making a timely referral for cauda equina syndrome