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Kamran Abbasi

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social

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Medical editor. Cricket writer. Internationalist.

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Kamran Abbasi is a Pakistani-English physician, professor, editor and author.

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Kamran Abbasi @kamranabbasi.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m thinking of emigrating. X has had its day.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 1d

"Moving beyond the uncomfortable apathy of medical neutrality is the duty of professionals and their organisations."

Where genocide, healthocide, and atrocities start, medical neutrality ends, says @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Choice
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Kamran Abbasi @kamranabbasi.bsky.social · 3d

“One factor is denial. Those responsible for genocide do not admit to their plans. Allies support their denials. Declassified documents show that US, French, and Belgian officials knew that genocide was occurring in Rwanda and avoided taking action” @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Testimony, advocacy, and the public health effect of genocide

Medical community must play its part in ending atrocities In 2000, JAMA published a commentary by Willis and Levy calling for action to ensure recognition of the public health impact of genocide.1 Th...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 7d

"The MAGA methodologists are unchecked: their hubris extends to believing that they know best about science and medicine."

The cult of MAGA methodology is out of control, and it’s causing harm, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Simon Opher @simonforstroud.bsky.social · 28d

The Assisted Dying Bill started its journey through the House of Lords today. This is an opportunity for further scrutiny – making the bill even more robust.

With Lord Bethell, I've written in the BMJ about the challenges that the Lords must address head-on – a process we began in the Commons.

The Lords can make the assisted dying bill more workable

Peers must listen to frontline healthcare professionals to ensure provisions of the bill reduce unnecessary friction and overmedicalisation while retaining valued safeguards, write Simon Opher and…

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