Medicine is a caring profession. But not everyone who goes through the health-care system
feels cared for. Patients can encounter discrimination, disrespect, and neglect. As the …

“I've got to admit it's getting better/A little better all the time”, sang Paul McCartney;“It can't get
no worse” was John Lennon's rejoinder on backing vocals. Medicine, like the music of the …

Caregiving is a defining condition of what it means to be human. Its scope is broad and
encompasses care of children, care of the sick, care of older people or those who live with …

The characters of George Eliot's novel Middlemarch live through momentous times. It is the
early 19th century. The railways are cutting mercilessly through the English countryside; …

The Lancet has invited submissions for the Wakley Prize, which is awarded for the best
essay on a clinical topic of international health importance. Once again we are looking for an …

Readers are invited to vote online from Dec 19, 2008, to Jan 12, 2009, for The Lancet'spaper
of the year 2008. Six finalist papers (panel) were selected by the editors from 23 …

What would Thomas Wakley, who founded The Lancet in 1823, make of medicine today?
Progress over the past two centuries has been remarkable. Antiseptics and anaesthetics in …

Syrian photographer Sameer Al-Doumy's photograph of two boys playing on swings in
Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, on the first day of a ceasefire in February, 2016, captures a …

For the 4th successive year, 1 The Lancet and the Global Forum for Health Research are co-
sponsoring an essay competition for young authors and researchers: Young voices in …

The Lancet is co-sponsoring, along with the Global Forum for Health Research, an essay
contest for young authors: Young voices in research for health. The theme of this year's …