Everything, absolutely everything, can become an object of study. Whether it is the most transcendent questions in the universe or the most mundane issues
The cover of The BMJ ’s Christmas print issue this year (fig 1) shows a respiratory medicine consultant who obtained an MBBS from Barbie Land’s prestigious Handler University and then a doctoral dissertation on the causes of lung cancer in young adults. Dr Barbie is now a professor at Handler and a hospital specialist with a passion for smoking cessation and caring for patients, including those with combined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Dr Barbie is also black and has vitiligo.
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Cover from the 2023 Christmas issue of The BMJ
But you won’t find this Barbie doll in the Christmas sales; Dr Barbie was created by The BMJ , …
Medical and scientific Barbies are not appropriately dressed for clinical or laboratory work, according to new research published in the British Medical