The gastroenterologists had a gut feeling about it . . .

Humour in healthcare is a tricky one to get right – but can benefit patients

Centenary of a physician who taught students to be compassionate

Sir William Osler established new standards in the US for teaching medicine

‘Docsplaining’: The patronising talk many medics specialise in

It’s defined as ‘unwanted or unnecessary explanations by doctors to non-doctors’

Stop the barbaric practice of using CPR on the very old

Many elderly patients are being inappropriately resuscitated. Let them die ‘ordinary deaths’

Medical Matters: Patients better served when bedside evaluation is linked to technology

Muiris Houston

Narrative diagnoses, rather than labels, can describe illnesses better