Never fear, Smith is here

Article Abstract:

Author relates a meeting with Richard Smith, the 49-year-old editor of The British Medical Journal and CEO of BMJ Publishing. One of the most influential physicians around, Smith talks often of death and credits a lecture by the philospher Ivan Illich as the experience that defined his career.

United Kingdom, Periodicals, Periodical Publishers, Officials and employees, Behavior, Periodical publishing, Savage, Richard, BMJ Publishing Group

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A strong case for the pen ultimate theory

Article Abstract:

This article discusses three miscellaneous health reports. Research is presented concerning the therapeutic effects of writing, the stressful effect of excessive blinking by television newscasters, and the role of social contacts by the elderly in resisting dementia.

Psychological aspects, Aged, Elderly, Column, Causes of, Stress (Psychology), Writing, Television broadcasting of news, Television news

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Drawing from disaster

Article Abstract:

Bristol, England, has come to be known for a shocking medical tragedy concerning paediatric heart surgery. The report on the tragedy published in 2001 reveals its extent and suggests solutions which Australian hospitals may need to take on board.

Australia, Hospitals, Medical personnel, Malpractice, Medical malpractice, Bristol, England

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