A letter to our colleague, Canada’s new Minister of Health

The first 100 days: an open letter to the new Minister for Health.

The first 100 days after an election are full of enthusiasm, energy and chaos, and they are crucial to establishing the shape, style and content of the new government’s tenure. The electorate is eager for plans, changes and new ideas, and for election promises to become reality. Early action that is visible and accepted will secure the credibility of longer-term plans. Here, in an open letter t...

"A Public Scandal" An open letter to the Minister of Health.

Letter to Editor: A Comprehensive Definition of Spiritual Health

    S pirituality is recognized globally as an important aspect to respond to many  questions associated with health and happiness. The World Health Organization is also interested in pursuing the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of health (1). There are several challenges regarding the definition of spiritual health and the advancement of research in t...

Margaret McCartney: is Jeremy Hunt our colleague?

When the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, emailed all junior doctors with his contract proposals, he began, “Dear colleague.” So let’s consider Hunt as a colleague, a team mate, a coworker, an ally—a doctor. The NHS’s “duty of candour” policy requires doctors to apologise for and reflect on errors that they make. A photograph that Hunt tweeted of himself in a hospital contained identifiable patie...

New health minister doesn't mean new regime, say experts.