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Unleash the power of patients

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Unleash the power of patients to make care safer around the world: an essay by Helen Haskell

Involvement in medical care by patients and the public could move the global patient safety programme out of the doldrums, says Helen Haskell

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Improving the health of migrants

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Prediction system for risk of allograft loss in patients receiving kidney transplants

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Promoting physical activity to patients

peer review matters

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Ninth international congress on peer review and scientific publication: call for research

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Toxicologists investigate cases of hand deformities in German babies

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Vaccination uptake: access is still biggest barrier, experts warn

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Cancer survivor swims channel four times non-stop

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Are e-cigarettes killing people in the US?

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MPs call for inquiry into troubled urology unit after whistleblower publishes book

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NHS England explores funding options for cystic fibrosis drug

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Matt Morgan: When bullet points miss the heart

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Helen Salisbury: A hostile environment in the NHS

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U=U is a blessing: but only for patients with access to HIV treatment: an essay by Tamás Bereczky

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Cancer screening: only a third of women in England take up all offers

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Brexit: European health experts emphasise dangers to patient safety of no deal

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Sixty seconds on . . . data hubs

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Caring for migrant populations in general practice: five minutes with . . . Jessica Carter

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Training surgeons with clickers and warm scrotum studies win Ig Nobel awards

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Towards inclusive migrant healthcare

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Healthcare is not universal if undocumented migrants are excluded

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Building alliances for the global governance of migration and health

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Role model: Richard Smith

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Doctor is charged with four counts of sexual assault

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The shameful act of electioneering with cheap fags and booze

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Yellowhammer outlines how things fall apart in a no deal Brexit

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UK maternity services: audit finds wide variation in birth complications

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Assisted dying: Quebec court strikes down imminent death requirement in Canada’s law

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Opioid lawsuits: Sackler family and Purdue reach tentative settlement with 27 US states

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