being and becoming in the world
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.
I have submitted the following rapid response to the BMJ News article: Drug industry payments to groups of influential MPs – “the next great parliamentary scandal?” I am in agreement … Continue reading Drug industry payments to groups of influential MPs – “the next great parliamentary scandal?”
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
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
Daily Kennebec Journal, 19th November 1917
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
The Lariam Tab. On 29 August army veteran Andrew Marriott will begin a long-distance walk from the Scottish Borders to the Cenotaph in London. The 420-mile hike is in memory … Continue reading The Lariam Tab
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