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This is from Chapter 5 of Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: TWINNED HISTORIC AND PRESENT-DAY CASE REPORTS It was the mid-1990s … Continue reading Twinned historic and present-day case reports
This headline is from the current issue of the BMJ. It was in an article about prescribing to children.
This headline comes from an article in the current issue of the BMJ. The article is actually about NHS planning. However it occurred to me that this headline could also … Continue reading ‘Ignoring the long term risks’
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE can be both evidence and medicine if it includes: s u b j e c t i v i t y – there is no view from … Continue reading Evidence Based Medicine [EBM]
Most studies on psychiatric drugs go no further than studying 12 weeks exposure. If a marginal benefit is proven, this is sufficient for the drug to be approved and marketed … Continue reading RATS
As published in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Volume 60, Number 4, April 2022:
This opinion piece by Dr Margaret McCartney was published in the BMJ on 27 May 2022. It can be accessed in full here. Medicine remains as conflicted as ever—we need … Continue reading Medicine remains as conflicted as ever