Health Aff (Millwood) 2014 Sep;33(9):1603-11
Ara Darzi is executive chair of WISH, Qatar Foundation, and director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London.
Public Health 2021 Apr 16;194:109-115. Epub 2021 Apr 16.
St John of God Health Care, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address:
Objective: The evaluation of real-world, hospital-based, arts programmes is important for quality assurance, to increase knowledge of successful practice and awareness of effective arts-health collaborations. The objective of this study was to describe the Music for Wellness programme and evaluation at St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital, Australia.Study Design: An impact evaluation and quasi-experimental pre-post study was conducted. Read More
Soc Sci Med 2021 Apr 17;277:113916. Epub 2021 Apr 17.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address:
This article analyses the politicisation of public health debates by focusing on vaccination and mental health care in the Czech Republic. The mainstream understanding of politicisation commonly refers to politics-as-sphere, linked with the political instrumentalisation of health care controversies as part of electoral campaigning and power struggles. In our analysis, we conceive politicisation more broadly, as politics-as-activity, which encompasses the role of civic engagement and the involvement of patients in these processes. Read More
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021 Apr 17;86:81-83. Epub 2021 Apr 17.
Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, E.P.E, Porto, Portugal.
DYT-GCH1 is the most common form of Dopa-responsive dystonia. We analysed a three-generation Portuguese family with the same variant of DYT-GCH1. Dystonia and parkinsonism were found, along with non-motor symptoms. Read More
Arthroscopy 2021 Apr 17. Epub 2021 Apr 17.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202 USA. Electronic address:
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to: (1) determine the percentage of new orthopaedic patients reporting their symptoms to be acceptable at presentation, as measured by the Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) question and (2) evaluate whether patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), including Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function (PF) or Upper Extremity (UE), Pain Interference (PI), and Depression (D), or sociodemographic factors are associated with acceptable symptoms at presentation.Methods: Between 2/7/2020-3/16/2020, new orthopaedic patients who completed PROMs were identified. Patient records were reviewed for those who also completed the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) question, a yes/no question about whether a patient's current symptom state is satisfactory. Read More