Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide, with general practitioners and family doctors (collectively referred to as GPs) pla...

By Koki Kato English is not my first language, so generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be particularly helpful when I write academic papers in English. It can make my sentences clearer, more co...

Earp and colleagues ask what authorship is, or should be, in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI). 1 They propose addressing this question by considering the purposes that authorship is ...

I recently bought a new car. The old one was traded in, the paperwork was signed, and I assumed the matter was finished. Then a vehicle tax bill arrived in my name. > “Before we can reassure, we may ...

I read with great interest the study by Edwards et al on safety-netting communication during telephone consultations.1 Their careful analysis provides valuable insights into when and how safety-nettin...

In primary care settings, clinicians’ awareness of the situations surrounding physician–patient interactions is crucial for clinical reasoning and decision-making. However, there are limited opport...

In primary care settings, clinicians’ awareness of the situations surrounding physician–patient interactions is crucial for clinical reasoning and decision-making. However, there are limited opport...

Through using spoken language, people are able to think creatively and productively together. This ability to ‘interthink’ is an important product of our

This is the last in a series of five articles on narrative based medicine In a widely quoted riposte to critics who accused them of naive empiricism, Sackett and colleagues claimed that “the practice...

Background Medicine practiced with narrative competence is called narrative medicine, which has been proposed and used as a model of humane and effective medical practice. Despite the in-depth discuss...

‘Risk’ , said the billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett, ‘comes from not knowing what you’re doing.’ I don’t think many surgeons would agree. In their line of work, risk is inescapable, no matte...

In March 2025, the Nuffield Trust published a report1 that examined ‘Health in the UK after Brexit’. This highlighted the instability of the UK healthcare workforce following the end of free movement ...

Abstract. Recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals, particularly doctors, remains a critical challenge for the National Health Service (NHS), exac

In this episode, we talk to Dr Steve Bradley about use of chest x-ray and lung cancer diagnosis.

Background The effectiveness of single disease management programmes in general practice may be limited for patients with low socioeconomic status (SES), as these programmes insufficiently take into a...

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