being and becoming in the world
Filmed at Craigforth Insurance Campus, Stirling: This film is for Sian. We met as junior doctors in the Department of Medicine for the Elderly [DOME], Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen Credits: [1] … Continue reading A certain friend in uncertain times
Last summer Peter and Big Ted visited Strahbraan in Perthshire: Ideally we will be unnoticed then gone: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. … Continue reading A wee adventure in longevity
I came across this regular feature in an old newspaper. It made me smile.
Last month Peter and Big Ted visited the auld fairms of Pitleoch. Here is a scrapbook of oor adventure. Spring 1842: New Year 1850: Summer 1864: There is a range … Continue reading A wee adventure in longevity [by a ‘transitional object’]
Just after Sian’s mother died her neighbour remarked to me “Old age is not for sissies”. It is true that we face challenges of ageing as our bodies decline. I … Continue reading Age and beauty do go together
BMJ submission by Dr Peter J Gordon. 2nd September 2015 Yesterday I was at a consultation event held by Healthcare Improvement Scotland which sought wider views on a proposed national … Continue reading The contributions of those “retired” often prove invaluable
From youth I have always been short-sighted. It was in Secondary school that I realised how poorly I could see [the blackboard was black]. Lenses corrected my vision. These lenses have … Continue reading Fashionably, mathematically and scientifically correct.
This analysis was published in the BMJ on the 9th July 2024. It has been made open access and can be read in full here. Seven years ago I put … Continue reading Does Frailty need a new name?