About Debates

From time to time, we have debates on the website. Most of these now emerge spontaneously via rapid responses or our Head to Head articles, but in the early days we did much to provoke them, as the debates archive shows.

Recent Head to Head articles:

Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? (May 2007)
YES
NO
Should patient groups accept money from drug companies? (May 2007)
YES
NO
Should you tell patients about beneficial treatments that they cannot have? (April 2007)
YES NO
Should the US and Russia destroy their stocks of smallpox virus? (April 2007)
YES NO
Should we ditch impact factors? (March 2007)
YES NO
Should NICE evaluate complementary and alternative medicine? (March 2007)
YES NO
Should the NHS curb spending on translation services? (February 2007)
YES NO
Are we spending too much on HIV? (February 2007
YES
NO
Is doctors' self interest undermining the NHS? (February 2007)
YES NO
Should Muslims have faith based services? (January 2007)
YES
NO
Should smokers be refused surgery? (January 2007) YES NO

Debates archive

Should drug companies be allowed to talk directly to patients? (June 2003)

Giving pain relief; hastening death. Is intention crucial? (29 May 1999)
Internet bookshops: how do they stack up? (15 May 1999)
Education and the BMJ: could we do better? (8 May 1999)
Honey, I shrunk the articles: pleasing both authors and readers (3 April 1999)
Primary care groups (20 March 1999)
Patients as partners? (20 March 1999)
eBMJ censored (6 March 1999)
Viagra debate (30 January 1999)
AMA sacks JAMA editor (16 January 1999)
George Lundberg speaks about editorial freedom (10 June 1999)
Bristol and professional self regulation, read the story as it unfolds (2 January 1999)
Utopia or dystopia? Comment on this controversial new book (12 December 1998)
Should doctors perform an elective caesarean section on request? (15 August 1998)
Could boxing be banned? A legal and epidemiological perspective (13 June 1998)

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Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? (May 2007)	YES	NO
Should patient groups accept money from drug companies? (May 2007)	YES	NO
Should you tell patients about beneficial treatments that they cannot have? (April 2007)	YES	NO
Should the US and Russia destroy their stocks of smallpox virus? (April 2007)	YES	NO
Should we ditch impact factors? (March 2007)	YES	NO
Should NICE evaluate complementary and alternative medicine? (March 2007)	YES	NO
Should the NHS curb spending on translation services? (February 2007)	YES	NO
Are we spending too much on HIV? (February 2007	YES	NO
Is doctors' self interest undermining the NHS? (February 2007)	YES	NO
Should Muslims have faith based services? (January 2007)	YES	NO
Should smokers be refused surgery? (January 2007)	YES	NO

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