Promises to keep: medical graduates and their oaths
A survey of oaths taken by medical students in the United States and Canada in 2014 and 2015 suggests that doctors are beginning their career...
4 women die in Indian sterilization camp. Authorities very sorry.
Double-puncture laparoscopy procedures are very popular amongst Indian women who want permanent sterilization. “The surgery is preferred over other sterilisation techniques because it is highly...
Should the venerable NEJM be renamed?
The world’s most prestigious medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, is digging its heels in over the controversial issue of transgender medicine. The...
Is the UK poaching nurses from poor countries to fill shortages?
The United Kingdom is poaching nurses from poorer countries which have nursing shortages of their own, according to a blistering expose by Open Democracy. The...
Preparing for the next generation of doctors in the UK
What is the next generation of UK doctors learning about some of the most contested issues of the day? On the LGBTQI+ front, medical students...
Dark cloud over celebrity surgeon in New Hampshire
The award-winning Boston Globe Spotlight team of investigative reporters has targeted a New Hampshire cardiothoracic surgeon. In a series of articles, the Globe claims that...
Outspoken Yale psychiatrist fails to keep job after denouncing Trump as mentally ill
A psychiatrist who called President Trump mentally ill and was subsequently fired by Yale University has failed to keep her job after she sued for...
Indian doctors are removing the wombs of cane-cutters to increase productivity
This is a horror story from India about the intersection of poverty, sexism, exploitation, gender norms, and medical ethics. Investigative reporting in BehanBox, a feminist...
‘I can feel your pain’ — should we feel good after hearing this?
“What makes something better is connection.” Doctors and nurses have been educated to prize empathy as an essential skill in caring for patients, as this...
Munich clinic spurns Russian and Belarus patients
According to the Geneva Convention, doctors should treat equally all non-comabtant patients, even if they are on the side of the enemy. How easy it...
Nurses are the most trusted professionals in the US
For the 20th year in a row, nurses are the most trusted professionals in United States, according to an annual survey by Gallup. The poll...
Russian doctors plead for end to war
Thousands of Russian doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have signed an open letter to President Vladimir Putin urging him to put an end to...