Richard Lehman, Professor of the Shared Understanding of Medicine at the University of Birmingham, reflects on the latest Cochrane evidence on shared decision making
Author archives: Richard Lehman
Unthinkable thoughts and evidence
How would you not wish to die? Richard Lehman reflects on a discussion about advance decisions, evidence-based medicine and kindness.
Pre-diabetes: can prevention come too soon?
Cochrane UK Senior Fellow in General Practice, Richard Lehman, suggests pre-diabetes is a form of disease-mongering as he looks at the Cochrane evidence
Don Quixote and King Edward IX: delusions and kindness
Richard Lehman blogs about Cervante's much-loved story of Don Quixote and Cochrane evidence on treatments for delusional disorder
Sharing decisions about antibiotics
It's World Antibiotic Awareness Week and Richard Lehman looks at the latest evidence on shared decisions about antibiotic use for respiratory infections
Stones, groans and citrates
Can citrates help prevent kidney stones? Richard Lehman looks at the latest Cochrane evidence
Putting the Heart into Palliative Care
GP RIchard Lehman reflects on palliative care beyond cancer and how people with heart failure need it too
Performance anxiety and “water tablets” for high blood pressure
GP Richard Lehman finds answers to some questions about medicines for high blood pressure but is left wondering if they're spoiling sex lives
Measly protection: passive immunization for measles, past and present
What's the evidence for passive immunization following exposure to measles? Richard Lehman explores.