How Cognitive Biases Shape Decisions in Emergency Medicine
Cognitive biases are everywhere in the emergency department. Learn how these undermine objective clinical decision making and what strategies could be designed to combat them.
Anaesthetics and the Nature of Human Consciousness
An overview of our limited understanding on how anaesthetics actually work and their impact on the study of human consciousness
Cautionary Tales from the International Takotsubo’s Registry: How to Avoid a Broken Heart
Taking a deep dive (with the assistance of cartoons) into the emotional triggers behind a distinctive cardiology condtion.
Flawed Hospital Design: Soundscapes
Sounds in hospital negatively affect healthcare staff and put patients at risk – so what can we do about it?
Culture-Bound Syndromes: the Eclectic Disorders Undermining Modern Psychiatry
A tour through a collection of the weird and wonderful conditions found at in the footnotes of the DSM, revealing a fundamental blind spot to modern psychiatric approaches