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On the 6 February 2025, Professor Joanna Moncrieff and Professor Sir Simon Wessely were interviewed on This morning, ITV. The subject being discussed was antidepressants. This is a transcript of … Continue reading This morning: antidepressants
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
It is by the institution’s rules that we learn, said a spokesperson FOR the INSTITUTION. It is ‘brave to speak up’ for the institution, said a spokesperson FOR the INSTITUTION. … Continue reading FOR the INSTITUTION
Published in the Sunday Independent (Dublin) , 1 October 2006.
This is from Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: A VERY HIPPOCRATIC CONCERN: Medicalisation alerts us to a problem. We cannot just … Continue reading A VERY HIPPOCRATIC CONCERN
It was good to see this advert in last Sunday’s Scottish papers. It has taken a while to get to this stage. I do hope that the successful applicant will … Continue reading Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland
“If someone cites ‘first do no harm’ to me as an argument, I immediately know they have thought very little about medical philosophy or ethics at all.” This statement was … Continue reading GODDAMIT!