Resources
Our BMJ series of Essays in Evidence and Values
What is the role of doctors?
In this first article of a series, Margaret McCartney and Frank Sullivan consider the purpose and boundaries of medicine, where it sits in society, and who it serves.
Health professionals should be involved in setting research priorities
In this second article of a series, Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson consider the critical role health professionals should have in health research.
Key texts
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Academic writing
- Lancet series: Commercial determinants of Health
- Sullivan F, Wyatt J C. Referral or follow-up? BMJ 2005; 331 :1072 doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7524.1072
- Evidence and values in the NHS: choosing treatments and interventions well. McCartney M, Finnikin S British Journal of General Practice 2019; 69 (678): 4-5.DOI: 10.3399/bjgp19X700313
- Mathers N, Hodgkin P. The Gatekeeper and the Wizard: a fairy tale. British Medical Journal 1989; 298 :172 doi:10.1136/bmj.298.6667.172
- Heath I. How medicine has exploited rationality at the expense of humanity: an essay by Iona Heath BMJ 2016; 355 :i5705 doi:10.1136/bmj.i5705
- Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP). Core Values and Principles of Nordic General Practice/Family Medicine. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2020 Dec;38(4):367-368. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2020.1842674. Epub 2020 Dec 7. PMID: 33284030; PMCID: PMC7782180.
- Greenhalgh T, Howick J, Maskrey N. Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? BMJ 2014; 348 :g3725 doi:10.1136/bmj.g3725