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National affairs Border protections Chris Merry 13 May 2009 The panic was shortlived, so it’s a good time to get swine flu into perspective, writes Chris Merry Essays & reportage Good ways to break bad news Jacinta Halloran 29 April 2009 Feeling responsible for a patient’s illness makes it harder for a doctor to give bad news empathetically The enabling state Frank Bongiorno 3 April 2009 Attitudes to people with disabilities are changing in Britain, but the progress is uneven, writes Frank Bongiorno in London National affairs Risky research Hannah Dahlen & Sally Tracy 18 March 2009 Private hospitals are safer than public hospitals for mothers and newborn babies, according to a study that made headlines last month. But there was less coverage when clinicians…