The writing is on the wall for UNAIDS

The exclusive focus on HIV promoted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is damaging health systems and distorting health financing, and UNAIDS should be closed down immediately, says Roger England, chairman of the Health Systems Network.

Everyone's a radiologist now

Are ultrasound machines truly the stethoscope of the 21st century? Should all doctors keep one in their back pocket? Jacqui Wise reports on the battle over ultrasound imaging.

Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre

International evidence based guidelines are needed to standardise approaches to reducing risk.

Migration and health behaviour during pregnancy

It is increasingly important that health professionals understand the maternal health behaviours of immigrants and how they differ from majority white populations, says Krista M Pereira, commenting on a study that shows that for every additional five years spent in the UK the likelihood of immigrant mothers smoking during pregnancy, adjusted for sociodemographic factors, increased by 31% and they were 5% less likely to breast feed for at least four months.

Autonomy, stress, and treatment of depression

Psychotherapy can help patients understand the triggers for depression and how to deal with them. Paul Biegler argues that these effects should be given moral weight when deciding on treatment.

The secret lives of doctors

Christopher Martyn (pictured) contends that on the whole, people don't become doctors because they were destined to do so but because they weren't good enough at anything else.

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