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Book review: Unwell Women

'... this book helps to illuminate the feminist perspective on injustice in health care.' — Judith Dawson reviews Elinor Creghorn's new book 'Unwell Women', a history of the mistreatment, misdiagnoses, trauma, and neglect women have received in health care from Ancient Greece
3 July 2021
3 mins read

Book review: Lifeline by Dr Barry Monk

We are repeatedly told that we should learn from the airline industry in order to solve our perennial problems with patient safety. So why don't we? Why is the NHS so dysfunctional in its management? Henry Tegner's review of Barry Monk's important
14 June 2021
3 mins read

Book review: The Migrant Diaries

'The Migrant Diaries is the most powerful, moving, and informative account I have come across of the worldwide migrant/refugee crisis ... ' — Dougal Jeffries reviews Dr Lynne Jones latest novel, The Migrant Diaries.
22 May 2021
4 mins read

Book review: Love Lives Here

Those suffering gender dysphoria may easily be caught up and crushed by controversy, only adding to their suffering. Peter Misselbrook reviews a book that that tells the story of one family's journey, and asks whether we may be part of the problem
27 March 2021
2 mins read

Book review: Island Dreams

Gavin Francis ia a GP and the best selling author of "Adventures in Human Being". Fiona Baskett reviews his latest book - just what we need to escape from the grim world of 2020.
28 December 2020
1 min read
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Book Review: Blinded by Covid

Martin Edwards and Anjna Harrar review this polemical but important book. It is devastatingly critical of the government, its advisors and Public Health England in its analysis of the early months of the COVID-19 crisis in Britain.
14 November 2020
3 mins read

Book review: The art of viral communication

"The Virus" sets out to provide answers to the key question, “It’s 15,000 times smaller than a flea and we can kill it with a bar of soap – so how did a tiny, fragile virus change the world?” Lesley Morrison reviews
7 November 2020
2 mins read

Book Review: The Gynae Geek by Anita Mitra

Phanida Fung finds that "as a female GP, gynaecological problems are the number-one topic my non-medic friends seek advice for. However, help is here." Phanida reviews "The Gynae Geek" by Anita Mitra.
16 October 2020
1 min read
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