‘No Holds Barred’
This is the last “No Holds Barred” column by Dr Margaret McCartney: Screening is only for people with no symptoms. If you have symptoms it’s not screening. Screening is often … Continue reading ‘No Holds Barred’
Tag: GMC
‘Priorities for the President’
It is most welcome to find that the current President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Wendy Burn, has embraced social media. This being one of a number of meaningful … Continue reading ‘Priorities for the President’
‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’?
In a recent post I outlined [the generally hidden] commercial influences of ‘key opinion leaders’ in British Psychiatry. My research into what is publicly available on competing financial interests in … Continue reading ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’?
“We have an appropriately puritanical relationship with Pharma”
In February 2015 I wrote to my College and the General Medical Council about concerns that competing financial interests were not being made public and that the current College system … Continue reading “We have an appropriately puritanical relationship with Pharma”
