You will remember this
You will remember this: To play this short film please click here. Credit: P J Harvey
Tag: courage to care
‘borrowed words’
I have recently taken a most difficult decision: I have decided to retire as a doctor from the beginning of next year (2020). I really will miss being a doctor … Continue reading ‘borrowed words’
Had felt incredibly alone
I posted this on Hole Ousia in March 2020: “I retired from the medical profession two months ago. My interest was in ethics. I openly asked questions. I tried to … Continue reading Had felt incredibly alone
Fiction had disrupted reality
Sancho Panza recalls – that a Russian doctor mistook Peter to be Patrick Geddes. Sancho Panza recalls – that the gardener who practised medicine and now plants trees mistook the … Continue reading Fiction had disrupted reality
My final choice: speaking truth to power
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
‘Storytelling is the soul of activism’
This is from an article in the current Big Issue by Malala Yousafzai
Ethical psychiatry
I have been retired for more than 4 years now. On my retirement I received a number of messages which often returned to the importance of ethics in psychiatry. “I … Continue reading Ethical psychiatry
My final choice: speaking truth to power
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