4 results
- Article
- Article
Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
| Aparna NairTracy Satchwill
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
- Book extract
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
| Gavin FrancisKieran Dodds
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
- Article
The conditional child
| Deanna Fei
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
- Long read
- Long read
Love, grief and assisted dying
| Michelle ElliotEszter Bonyi
In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.