being and becoming in the world
The Hydra-headed beast of stigma. Shared here is material related to stigma, including iatrogenic stigma.
Fiona Godlee’s ‘final choice‘, after 17 years as the BMJ’s Editor-in-Chief, was to remind the healthcare and scientific community how important it is to speak truth to power. Fiona Godlee … Continue reading My final choice: speaking truth to power
In my dictionary I find this definition of ‘blot’: On learning that GSK will resume paying doctors to promote its drugs after a “policy U turn”, Fiona Godlee, Editor in … Continue reading Dr Fiona Godlee on Paid Opinion Leaders
In her own words: Included in the AFTERWORDS of this memoir:
Professor Robert Howard, who I have never met, has an exceptional ability to get me wrong. This passage by Gabriel García Márquez was written well before the advent of social … Continue reading Exceptional ability
I was reminded of this BMJ blog when I tried to introduce myself to Professor Appleby outside the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [July 2023]. I had … Continue reading Reflections on social media need to be considered not just in one direction
There are a number of high profile psychiatrists on social media. Many years ago one of them was described on Twitter as ‘The Poster Boy for British Psychiatry’. A further … Continue reading “Not a trustworthy source of info on me”
In yesterday’s Herald, Chris Brookmyre, Scottish novelist, shared his ‘rule of thumb’ in relation to Twitter/X.
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-