HEALTH needs to be understood as a holistic and normative concept. ‘Holistic’ would mean covering the physical, mental and social well-being dimensions, while ‘normative’ indicates an independent and normal state … Read More
LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about quality Primary Health Care (qPHC), … Read More
I HAVE a broken record of writing on these pages about the importance of primary healthcare. Strengthening PHC is the only way to address our abysmal and many deteriorating vital … Read More
“There are wounds that never show on the body…” — Laurell K. Hamilton Asim Jamil, a young man in his 30s, killed himself some days ago. A huge tragedy. May … Read More
Robert Waldinger is a medical doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, and a Zen priest. As a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he directs the Harvard Study of Adult … Read More
I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it. Leo Tolstoy WE are all passing through collective … Read More
DR Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka on April 11, 2023, after an inspiring life. He dedicated himself to the healthcare and development of the poor and voiceless, becoming their … Read More
Our bodies are gardens to the which our wills are gardeners. William Shakespeare READERS might find it surprising to know that people with mental illness live less long than the … Read More
