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Unleash the power of patients

Feature

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

BMJ opinionIn the past the views of patients were not respected

BMJ opinionFighting for patient safety and advocacy in Pakistan

Views & reviews

Helen Salisbury: A hostile environment in the NHS

peer review matters

Editorial

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

migrant family

Editorial

Improving the health of migrants

Man vaping

Editorial

Outbreak of pulmonary diseases linked to vaping

NewsDon’t vape, CDC says, as US lung disease epidemic grows

The BMJ blogs

Gauging the validity of cancer drug trials: a call for collaboration

Alex Nowbar’s journal review—18 September 2019

R.L Burke: Bedside Betsy (2100: A Health Odyssey short stories)

Anna Howells: There is only science eventually

Hussain Jafri: Fighting for patient safety and advocacy in Pakistan

Regina Mariam Namata Kamoga: In the past the views of patients were not respected

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Latest opinion and features

Feature

Foundation backed by Philip Morris funds schoolchildren’s global science contest

Editor's choice

The miracle cure

Editorial

Flawed evidence underpins approval of new cancer drugs

ResearchDesign characteristics, risk of bias, and reporting of RCTs supporting approvals of cancer drugs by EMA

BMJ opinionGauging the validity of cancer drug trials: a call for collaboration

Views & reviews

David Oliver: £25m for hospices won’t go far

Observations

Are e-cigarettes killing people in the US?

Views & reviews

Matt Morgan: When bullet points miss the heart

Feature

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

Analysis

Towards inclusive migrant healthcare

Analysis

Healthcare is not universal if undocumented migrants are excluded

Analysis

Building alliances for the global governance of migration and health

Views & reviews

The shameful act of electioneering with cheap fags and booze

Observations

Yellowhammer outlines how things fall apart in a no deal Brexit

Editorial

New AI laboratory for the NHS

Analysis

How precision medicine and screening with big data could increase overdiagnosis

Editor's choice

The test of time

Feature

Cosmetic surgery meets reality TV: passing judgment on The Surjury

Editorial

Trends in type 2 diabetes

ResearchTrends in incidence of total or type 2 diabetes

Views & reviews

David Oliver: Publicity stunts and hospital food

Feature

US “global gag rule” on abortion is limiting family planning choices for women in Nepal

Views & reviews

Partha Kar: The NHS really isn’t a bad place to work

Head to head

Are confidence intervals better termed “uncertainty intervals”?

Latest news

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Ophthalmologist who misled patients about treatment benefits is struck off

News

Sixty seconds on . . . cancer bells

News

Seven days in medicine: 11-17 September 2019

News

Sixty seconds on . . . prostate testing

News

Half of trials supporting new cancer drug approval in Europe had high risk of bias

ResearchDesign characteristics, risk of bias, and reporting of RCTs supporting approvals of cancer drugs by EMA

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Toxicologists investigate cases of hand deformities in German babies

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