- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
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- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
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- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Global Health Care Issues
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- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2023-2024
BMJ Group (United Kingdom)
2016-2022
Transnational Press London
2009-2010
Replication is an essential part of the scientific method, yet replication systematic reviews too often overlooked, and done unnecessarily or poorly. Excessive (doing same study repeatedly) unethical a cause research wastage. This article provides consensus based guidance on when to replicate not reviews.
We sought to evaluate the characteristics and publication fate of improperly registered clinical trials submitted a medical journal (The BMJ) over 4-year period identify common types registration issues their relation outcomes.Research articles The BMJ identified as unregistered or retrospectively by editors were included if they reported outcomes trial. Relevant data regarding then extracted from each paper. Trials categorised prospectively registered, in an unapproved registry, other,...
GPs are overstretched, out-of-hours care is disorganised, and this week history was in the making, as junior doctors England staged their first ever all-out strike (doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2404, doi:10.1136/bmj.i2382). The NHS front line fragmented, strained, dire need of help. “If general practice fails, fails,” said Martin Roland Sam Everington a recent BMJ editorial (doi:10.1136/bmj.i942). They called for substantial investment to redress balance that has favoured hospital services …
Inspirations and silver linings in a pandemic year Sophie Cook head of scholarly commentChallenging, unprecedented, turbulent, extraordinary: this was the toughest that most health professionals have ever known.It's hard to imagine anyone missing 2020 when it's over.In times darkness, we yearn for inspiration, year's
International groups of patients are linking up 24/7 through social media to disseminate knowledge, provide peer support, and offer clinical advice. And all this is delivered quickly, at the touch a button. Evolution patient from infrequent local meetings in person virtual international networks surely good thing? Stephen Armstrong explores role support (doi:10.1136/bmj.i4201) considers benefits, ethical dilemmas, confidentiality issues that arise. Maureen Baker, chair Royal College …