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.

The potential and limits of scrutiny in medical research

I have submitted  the following rapid response to the BMJ Editorial: The potential and limits of scrutiny in medical research: Thank you editor for welcoming ideas on this important matter. … Continue reading The potential and limits of scrutiny in medical research

Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations

This is an old piece of writing. It was written over a decade ago. The ‘Ten considerations’ are based on titles of creative works by Robert Louis Stevenson: Gilbert Farie, … Continue reading Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations

WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Recently, when searching the TROVE Scotland archive, I came across this old diary from 1899: Curious about the patient stories shared by the ‘World’s Dispensary Medical Association’ I decided to … Continue reading WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

outside the circle of listeners

In relation to the potential for psychiatric drugs to cause harm, the psychiatric establishment has kept itself outside the circle of listeners. This, my latest short film, is an artistic … Continue reading outside the circle of listeners

Over-certainty and over-confidence

An unedited paragraph from the Newcastle Journal, Wednesday 25 April 1990. The Cumberlege Review of 2020, concluded that, in terms of patient safety, this matter cannot be ignored.