Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women’s Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather than inherent pathological processes, which can cause significant physical and mental health consequences and present ethical challenges for health care professionals and humanitarian actors. Violence against women, or gender based violence, are collective violent acts […]
Today in any large city in the UK, you can walk into a clinic and book yourself in for a total body CT scan – without a referral from your doctor. In some clinics, (many which are souped-up beauty parlours) you can get your Botox injections and fillers done at the same time. Never mind that the scan is […]
We are now living in a post-Brexit world. On the 23rd June 2016, we as a nation decided to leave the European Union and navigate our own way through this increasingly connected world. For 43 years, the UK has been a member state of the EU, working in an inter-connected market of free-trade and political collaboration, but is […]
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Doctors and healthcare workers need to accept that they are at risk of being sued or having a complaint made against them. It is one of the downsides of being a professional. As a barrister, I accept this risk every time I give legal advice. There are lawyers who specialise in suing other lawyers, and […]
In June 2013 I was shocked to hear from anti-FGM campaigners in Egypt of the death of thirteen year old Soheir All Bataa as a result of female genital mutilation (FGM). I was heartbroken at this needless loss of a young girl’s life and what was even more shocking was that the FGM was performed […]
Last week, a healthy baby was born from a woman who had been brain dead for nearly five months. The decision to keep the mother alive for so long must have been a difficult one for the doctors. This case reveals the ethical complexity of modern healthcare. Dr Daniel Sokol, a leading medical ethicist and clinical […]
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts of NHS resources. I expect the Government to deal with this in a sensible and rational way rather than come up with cheap gimmicks like a sugar tax. Results show that 61.7 per cent of […]
Dr Clare Gerada I’m not against medical programmes and I’m not against Embarrassing Bodies. There is a long history of showing our bodies in public dating back centuries to the Ancient Greeks when they extolled the body beautiful. But I’m becoming worried that we are moving from extolling the beautiful body to gawping at the […]
Shortest consultation ever. An elderly gentleman walked into my consulting room and sat down. “Morning doctor.” And good morning to you too I reply. And how are you? “I’m very well” he replied, “Good day!” And with that he up and left. 60 seconds. If only they were all like that. Sadly, the old boy […]
Dr Ian Campbell I don’t agree with Clare and in this matter you are wrong. I was first on TV many years ago when I was saying the Hippocratic Oath at my graduation. It just so happened that the BBC were there filming it so TV doctoring is not a new concept to me. My […]