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10 April 2019
Consultant gastroenterologist Seamus O’Mahony tackled Western society’s attitude to death in The Way We Die Now. His new book – Can Medicine Be Cured? – critiques consumerist attitudes to healthcare. He talks to Tim Tonkin
09 April 2019
Asthma – a neglected killer, conditions in a refugee camp in Greece, social prescribing gains traction and cataract surgery is on the wane
03 April 2019
The BMA has confirmed that there will be an immediate investigation, run independently of the BMA, into the allegations of sexism and sexual harassment made by several female BMA GPs committee members.
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