Médecins Sans Frontières – a humanitarian imperative
For many years, I have worked with and supported an independent non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, (Doctors Without Borders) which is passionate about what it...
Nursing & Care
The Nursing & Care category highlights the essential role of nursing and caregiving in supporting patient wellbeing across settings. It covers evidence-informed practice, professional issues, compassionate care approaches and the challenges and innovations shaping the delivery of nursing and care services. From clinical insight to real-world perspectives, this category offers thoughtful content that reflects the heart of hands-on health and support.
Music therapy in clinical settings
Music therapy is not widely known amongst healthcare professionals but it is widely used in clinical settings, often alongside conventional treatments to improve wellbeing for...
Cancer – a story that concerns every one of us
One in every two people is going to get cancer in the UK so it’s a story that concerns every one of us. Journalists are...
Males Nurses (1948)
An insight into the work of male British nurses in 1948 by British Pathe
Twins – nature or nurture?
Twins have been of interest to scholars since early civilization; my twin sister and I would have definitely made an impression. Unwittingly, and perhaps unwisely,...
Would you know how to use an EpiPen?
Would you know how to use an EpiPen (epinephrine injection) if someone collapsed with a severe allergic reaction? The recent inquest into the death of...
First aid in a terrorist age
Would you know what to do if you were first on the scene of a terrorist outrage where dozens of people were injured and dying? ‘There...
Names I will never forget
As a nurse, there are some patients whose names I will never forget, as they have taught me something about the human body: Jane,...
Planning end of life care
There is little doubt that end of life care is important to everyone. People generally recognise that both they themselves, and those around them, may...
Premature Babies’ Unit (1948) at Hammersmith Hospital
To mark International Day of the Midwife on the 5th May 2017, The Hippocratic Post looks back to the challenges faced by the midwives in...
