Dear Doctor’s Diary: Work Made Me Cry

SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one-minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK...

Empathy is crucial in medicine

It does concern me when I see a nurse brushing off a patient or ignoring little signs of distress. It doesn’t happen often, but compassion...

An emotional neurosurgeon anyone?

A few years ago, as I was attending a medical dinner in London with 500 or more senior medical colleagues, I was disturbed that the guest...

Dying Well?

In an age where medicine can do more than ever before to delay dying, is death sometimes now seen as failure in the medical profession?...

Dear Doctor’s Diary: Working with Nurses!

SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of  young...

Dear Doctor’s Diary: Gut Feeling

SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of  young...

Bedbaths and walking sticks

I used to dream about being a nurse. There was me, in my nice little fantasy world, dressed in lilac with a frilly lace cap...