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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.
l was sorry to read in the Scotsman of the recent death of Kenneth Calman. I was fortunate to meet Ken. This was when he was giving a talk in … Continue reading A consummate human being – wise, thoughtful, irrepressibly good-natured
Earlier this year I was interviewed by Cooper Davis for the Inner Compass Initiative. This interview can be watched here. A few weeks ago, an American who had watched the … Continue reading INNER COMPASS
The recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry: Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis made me feel that I had been here before. Once again, a … Continue reading Déjà vu
An advert for PHOSFERINE, Perthshire Advertiser,7 September 1929
Full link here. Introduction: This document is the annotated transcript of a “witness seminar” which addressed the theme of psychiatric hospitals in the UK in the 1960s. The seminar was … Continue reading “We urge you to read it”
16 January 2025, House of Commons Chamber, motion for the debate: The full debate can be watched by clicking here The full transcription of this debate [Hansard] can … Continue reading Debate on a motion on the performance of the MHRA
As published in the BMJ, Open Access, 7 January 2025:
In a recent blog I shared promotional material hosted by the BMJ. This material included videos of a symposium held at the Royal Society of Medicine: The Royal Society of … Continue reading The Myth of Unbiased Medical Education