Hospice care UK and the US

Since the opening of the first modern hospice, St. Christopher’s, in south London in 1967, hospice care has grown into a worldwide movement that has...

What we can do to die well | Timothy Ihrig

The healthcare industry in America is so focused on pathology, surgery and pharmacology -- on what doctors "do" to patients -- that it often overlooks...

The whole story of hormones

Hormones, which are produced in endocrine glands throughout the body, regulate our metabolism, our sex lives and even our moods. If hormone balance is disturbed for any...

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...