Up the ANTI-
Up the ante! Anti-this, Anti-that! A binary absurdity dividing reality: Making opposites of us all. Up the ANTI- Up the ante! Standing outside the circle of listeners, a Venn diagram … Continue reading Up the ANTI-
Category: Medical Education
Evidence has repeatedly demonstrated that when marketing is conflated with medical education the consequences can not just be harmful but also undermine the scientific pursuit of objectivity.
A VERY HIPPOCRATIC CONCERN
This is from Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: A VERY HIPPOCRATIC CONCERN: Medicalisation alerts us to a problem. We cannot just … Continue reading A VERY HIPPOCRATIC CONCERN
BUT IS MEDICALISATION A GENUINE PROBLEM?
This is from Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: BUT IS MEDICALISATION A GENUINE PROBLEM? Medicalisation is bad medicine for two reasons. … Continue reading BUT IS MEDICALISATION A GENUINE PROBLEM?
Twinned historic and present-day case reports
This is from Chapter 5 of Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: TWINNED HISTORIC AND PRESENT-DAY CASE REPORTS It was the mid-1990s … Continue reading Twinned historic and present-day case reports
Tackling the excesses of pharmaceutical marketing and promotion
Published 21 May 2024 BMJ 2024;385:e076797 Ravi Gupta, assistant professor of medicine Reshma Ramachandran, assistant professor of medicine Joseph S Ross, professor of medicine and health policy Ravi Gupta and … Continue reading Tackling the excesses of pharmaceutical marketing and promotion
ANTLER + REDUCE
The ANTLER study The REDUCE trial Over millennia, philosophers, alive and dead, have agreed that science, a priori, must be based on a position of neutrality. This quest is one … Continue reading ANTLER + REDUCE
Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz
This BMJ Talk Medicine podcast can be listened to here. It was published on 28 March 2023. In this podcast Dr Mark Horowitz gives clear and practical advice. Given the … Continue reading Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz