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Doctors face manslaughter charge for failing to raise alarm over killer nurse

Ned StaffordNews|1 December 2016

Old lessons relearnt

Elizabeth LoderEditor's Choice|17 November 2016

Doctors, their leaders, and the drug policy debate

Richard HurleyFeature|14 November 2016

Judges hear senior surgeon’s appeal against manslaughter conviction

Clare DyerNews|27 October 2016

Indonesian doctors risk losing licence if they castrate paedophiles

Jane ParryNews|25 October 2016

Spice and all things nasty: the challenge of synthetic cannabinoids

Nicola J Kalk, Alastair Boyd, John Strang, Emily FinchEditorial|24 October 2016

Australia backs down over jail terms for doctors who speak out about abuse of asylum seekers

Paul SmithNews|20 October 2016

Doctor in Germany sent to prison for raping and sexually assaulting patients and coworkers

Ned StaffordNews|18 October 2016

Canada’s ban on private healthcare faces legal challenge

Owen DyerNews|16 September 2016

Patient threatens legal action over lack of compensation for hepatitis C contaminated blood

Clare DyerNews|15 September 2016

Seven days in medicine: 31 August to 6 September 2016

British Medical Journal Publishing GroupNews|8 September 2016

US woman freed after court overturns 20 year sentence for causing death of her unborn baby

Owen DyerNews|7 September 2016

Former faculty member is charged with attempted murder of medical school dean

Michael McCarthyNews|1 September 2016

Disgraced Canadian researcher faces criminal charges for fraud

Caroline WhiteNews|30 August 2016

Suicide crisis among indigenous Australians tests rural services

Paul SmithNews|24 August 2016

US states that allow medical marijuana see drop in prescriptions for other drugs, study finds

Owen DyerNews|14 July 2016

NICE gold standards do not work in a rusty metal NHS

Hendrik J BeerstecherLetter|14 June 2016

Failure to enact assisted suicide law leaves Canada’s doctors in limbo

Barbara Kermode-ScottNews|13 June 2016

Seven days in medicine: 1-7 June 2016

British Medical Journal Publishing GroupNews|8 June 2016

GP who was struck off for lying to police is allowed back on medical register

Clare DyerNews|8 June 2016

Sequential vision loss in a patient with headache

Siegfried Wagner, Saurabh JainEndgames|8 June 2016

A link between asthenia, pallor, and jaundice

João Tavares, Gisela Eugénio, Suzana Calretas, Rui Silva, Rui Santos, Armando CarvalhoEndgames|7 June 2016

New York University medical cadavers found in mass grave

Owen DyerNews|6 June 2016

Egyptian prosecutors investigate the death of a girl during female genital mutilation

Owen DyerNews|2 June 2016

GPs charged with manslaughter of 12 year old boy are acquitted

Clare DyerNews|1 June 2016

US spent more on mental illness than on any other conditions in 2013, study finds

Michael McCarthyNews|20 May 2016

Pfizer blocks sales of its drugs for executions

Owen DyerNews|17 May 2016

BMJ Awards 2016 honour doctor behind “Hello, my name is” campaign

Zosia KmietowiczNews|5 May 2016

Australia will price out cigarettes with 50% tax rise over four years

Michael WoodheadNews|5 May 2016

Prosecution of US psychologists who ran CIA torture program moves a step closer

Owen DyerNews|28 April 2016

Otis Brawley—one of the first to question the value of screening

Jeanne Lenzer26 April 2016

Protests mount in Poland over government’s plans to criminalise all abortions

Jaroslaw AdamowskiNews|12 April 2016

Cannabis, heroin, and cocaine dominate Europe’s €24bn illegal drugs market

Rory WatsonNews|7 April 2016

Woman in Northern Ireland who bought abortion pills online is given suspended sentence

Clare DyerNews|5 April 2016

Assets of oncologist who falsely diagnosed cancers to be divided among patients

Owen DyerNews|5 April 2016

New abortion guidance in Northern Ireland places greater emphasis on women’s health

Clare DyerNews|30 March 2016

Sixty seconds on . . . the war on drugs

Gareth IacobucciNews|30 March 2016

“War on drugs” has harmed public health and human rights, finds new analysis

Gareth IacobucciNews|29 March 2016

US pledges better protection for babies born to addicts

Owen DyerNews|22 March 2016

Smoking ban does not apply to prisons, Court of Appeal rules

Ingrid TorjesenNews|9 March 2016

California doctor convicted of murder in overdose deaths is sentenced to 30 years

Michael McCarthyNews|10 February 2016

Two GPs face charges of manslaughter over death of boy in 2012

Clare DyerNews|10 February 2016

Alabama pays town’s residents to undergo TB testing

Owen DyerNews|5 February 2016

Abortion in Northern Ireland: is change on the cards?

Clare Dyer1 February 2016

Australian doctor challenges government over child detention “torture”

Michael WoodheadNews|28 January 2016

Home Office fights to conceal details of detainee’s death

Clare DyerNews|25 January 2016

Bahraini doctor detained for Tweets needs legal and medical support, says BMA

Clare DyerNews|15 January 2016

Abortion numbers halve in Northern Ireland as doctors fear prison

Clare DyerNews|8 January 2016

Obama issues executive orders to curtail gun violence

Michael McCarthyNews|6 January 2016

Northern Ireland assembly must decide whether to issue new abortion law

Clare DyerNews|18 December 2015

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