Purpose Misgendering of transgender and non-binary (TGNB) individuals in healthcare settings can lead to worsened mental and physical health outcomes and decreased utilisation of care. Few studies ...

More than 20 years since a landmark study1 documented hospitalised patients were more likely to die when their nurse cared for too many patients at a time, hundreds of rigorously conducted studies in ...

Introduction The initial medication adherence (IMA) intervention aims to improve adherence to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes treatments in primary care (PC) through standardised shared ...

Background Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Victoria, Australia, is governed by a stringent legislative framework, designed ...

Objectives To capture experiences of people self-reporting harm and contrast responses and actions between those who do or do not take formal action. Design Semi-structured qualitative interview study ...

Background Healthcare patient safety investigations inappropriately focus on individual culpability and the target of recommendations is often on the behaviours of individuals, rather than addressing ...

Correspondence to Peter F Kemper, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van de Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, ...

The continued use of low-value cancer screening practices not only represents healthcare waste but also a potential cascade of invasive diagnostic procedures and patient anxiety and distress. While ...

‘We need bold, fundamental change that gets at the roots of the burnout crisis.’- US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA. The key is understanding what is suboptimal. Their main findings from 124 ...

Correspondence to Dr Kenneth A Michelson, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; kenneth.michelson{at}childrens.harvard.edu This study illuminates an ...

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Correspondence to Rebecca Baines, Dept. of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, 3581BT, the Netherlands; r.baines{at}vumc.nl Objectives To assess ...