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A person’s right to refuse treatment is based on their capacity to make a rational decision – but what is the situation when someone is admitted after a suicide attempt?….

In a series of articles, this spotlight focuses on recognising and managing the end of life, having the difficult conversations with patients about their death, and the importance of taking….

This week we’re joined by Martin McKee, professor of European public health at the Loncon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He’s also research director of the European observatory on….

Last week saw Safety 2010, the international conference on preventable accidents. We hear from some of the speakers there why safety comes second when it comes to global health. Also….

Last week BMJ Careers published “The new lost tribe,” describing the cohort of surgical trainees moving from ST2 to ST3. In this podcast Edward Davies, BMJ Careers editor, and Tom….

This week Beate Wieseler from IQWiG (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen) tells us how they uncovered data on the antidepressant reboxetine. Also Angela Thomas and Julia Anderson, haematologists….

In this week’s podcast Jayati Das-Munshi, from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, talks about her study into the mental health effects of ethnic density. Also, hyper/hypo – antonyms that can….

China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, aims to provide health insurance to 800 million rural citizens. We’ll be finding out from Scott Rozelle, from Stanford University and Qingye Meng from….

A BMJ investigation this week raises concerns about the ability of the US Food and Drug Administration to monitor the safety of medical devices through post-approval surveillance. We ask: is….

This week the podcast’s all about risk, as we bring you two reports from Risky Business, the conference where speakers from a wide range of hazardous industries came together to….