being and becoming in the world
In September 2013 I raised a petition with the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a Sunshine Act for Scotland.
The material below all relates to Sunshine legislation:
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
For a comprehensive account of Doan’s Pills please follow this link. The following summary is based on this account. Doan’s Kidney pills, invented by the Canadian pharmacologist James Doan (1846-1916) … Continue reading DOAN’S PILLS
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
It was Roy Porter who first used the term “diagnostic creep”. Since his untimely death this “diagnostic creep” has become unstoppable. This short film is an artistic expression of my … Continue reading OUR UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS
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: