BMJ Christmas Edition

December 13, 2010 10:45 AM

BMJ Christmas Edition Every year the British Medical Journal publishes a series of tongue-in-cheek papers for Christmas.

• Reflections of Father Christmas’s GP
• Mozart’s 140 causes of death and 27 mental disorders
• Pie sharing in complex clinical collaborations: a piece of cake?
• Primary Care: A modest proposal
• The IKEA pencil: a surprising find in the NHS
• Dr Watson: a regular reader of the British Medical Journal
• Red for danger: the effects of red hair in surgical practice
• A Christmas tree cataract
• Can he fix it? Yes, he can!
• Integrative medicine and the point of credulity

posted by alby (7 comments total)

These guys should stick to medicine.
posted by punkfloyd at 10:51 AM on December 13, 2010

He only works one night a year, and he's always breaking down around that time... hmmm.
posted by randomkeystrike at 11:00 AM on December 13, 2010

The Christmas tree cataract is kind of spooky, in a "Ghost of Christmas [something]" sort of way.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:01 AM on December 13, 2010

Though there seems to be some doubt about whether Mrs Christmas is not just a convenient fiction of the patient, according to the other sources. Bloomin' doctors..
posted by poetical at 11:25 AM on December 13, 2010

Reflections of Father Christmas’s GP is pretty good. Bonus points for fake EMIS screen and path reports.
posted by jmccw at 11:43 AM on December 13, 2010

I have discovered a new version of reflexology, which identifies a homunculus represented in the human body, over the area of the buttocks.
posted by werkzeuger at 12:53 PM on December 13, 2010

The Modest Proposal is behind a paywall - anyone have access and feel like a quick summary?
posted by paduasoy at 2:21 PM on December 13, 2010