Teddy bear hospital: where clinical gets cuddly

“Doctor, doctor my teddy’s got no brain,” is just one of the challenging presentations facing doctors at the Teddy Bear Hospital. Teddy Bear Hospital is a place where young children can bring their sick teddy bears to see a teddy bear doctor, and where they can use stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, and syringes (of course, without needles) … Read this article >>

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Climate change: read, listen, act

Climate change is fact, not opinion; and the need to take action has never been more apparent. The Copenhagen United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2009 marks a critical window of opportunity. At this conference legally bindi… Read this article >>

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Jewel of a social service

We watched the landscape progressively change; shops and autorickshaws were replaced by dull, brown dust plains. The rains hadn’t yet come. Our vehicle turned abruptly towards a cluster of buildings by the roadside—we had arrived. We were taken to meet Raman Kataria, our primary contac… Read this article >>

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Medical professionalism

Recall your time in lectures or on the wards today. How was your behaviour? Do you think you acted professionally? Professionalism in medicine is attracting increasing attention from students, doctors, and the media. In this article we define professionalism, explore why it is important … Read this article >>

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Religion and drugs

A UK Department of Health document published earlier this year, Religion or Belief: A Practical Guide for the NHS,1 is concerned with how religious beliefs might best be complied with in healthcare settings. It argues that this is important to improve wellbeing and outcomes. There are al… Read this article >>