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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 1, 2023

‘To assist in dispensing’

Categories: Family history, History of medicine, Medical humanities, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: A Sunshine Act for Scotland, a very real concern of an approach that encourages unrealistic medicine and risks causing wide harm., Antiquary, Chemist's assistant, Comiston, golden mortar and pestle sign outside the chemist shop, Hole Ousia, I collect images of mortar and pestle signs that still hang above chemist shops, Iatrogenic harm, In a time of too much medicine, mortar and pestle, Mortar and pestle trade signs, One of my earliest memories was from my pram: above me I could see a golden mortar & pestle [the Pharmacy sign outside the Chemist shop], PE1493 by Peter John Gordon on a Sunshine Act for Scotland. To close the petition, PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Peter Gordon, Peter Scott-Gordon, PRAM, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, progress hardly broke its stride, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Gentle Gardener, The Rebel Antiquary, There is a conflation between marketing and education by this professional Association. Evidence has established that this approach can lead to unrealistic medicine and patient harm, To assist in dispensing, Too much Medicine, Unrealistic Medicine

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 13, 2022March 21, 2023

No natural light

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, Antiquary, BAP, Big Pharma, branding, British Association for Psychopharmacology, business is booming, competing interests, conflicts of interest, Cumberlege Review, declaration, declaration of interest, Dr Peter Gordon, first do no harm, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, Hole Ousia, How much is too much medicine, Iatrogenic harm, In a time of too much medicine, industry, It is boom time for the College, It's boom time for industry, Ivan Illich, kept in the dark, Key Opinion Leader, marketing, Narrative control, Narrative Controllers, no natural light, over-medicalisation, Paid Opinion Leader, Parliament: PE1493: A Sunshine Act for Scotland, PE1493, Peter Gordon, primum non nocere, Proud to say, Proud to say we are the industry's number one, Psychiatry in Fabula, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Science Media Centre Promotes Corporate Views of Science, Scottish Government, seemed to favour narratives from a narrow range of scientific advisors, Social maverick, Sunshine Act, Sunshine legislation, The Antiquary, The Narrative Controllers, The Neon yellow preservation society, The Neon yellow preservation society: no natural light in the room, The porter sounded the bell, The Porter's Bell, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, This is Boom time, Too much Medicine, Transparency, Why are efforts to ensure realistic prescribing failing, with no natural light in the room

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 10, 2022March 21, 2023

‘Proud to say’

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, Antiquary, BAP, Big Pharma, branding, British Association for Psychopharmacology, British Psychiatry: Marketing as 'Education', business is booming, competing interests, conflicts of interest, Cumberlege Review, declaration, declaration of interest, Dr Peter Gordon, first do no harm, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, Hole Ousia, How much is too much medicine, Iatrogenic harm, In a time of too much medicine, industry, It is boom time for the College, It's boom time for industry, Ivan Illich, June 2018 RCPsych: "Our policies and procedures around declarations of interest are already sufficiently robust", Key Opinion Leader, marketing, Narrative control, Narrative Controllers, over-medicalisation, Paid Opinion Leader, PE1493, Peter Gordon, primum non nocere, Proud to say, Proud to say we are the industry's number one, Psychiatry in Fabula, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Science Media Centre Promotes Corporate Views of Science, Scottish Government, seemed to favour narratives from a narrow range of scientific advisors, Social maverick, Sunshine Act, Sunshine legislation, The Antiquary, The Narrative Controllers, The Neon yellow preservation society, The Neon yellow preservation society: Proud to say we are the industry's number one, The porter sounded the bell, The Porter's Bell, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, This is Boom time, Too much Medicine, Transparency, Why are efforts to ensure realistic prescribing failing

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 28, 2022March 22, 2023

The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world

I have come to consider mortar & pestle pharmacy signs as representing the pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world, aided and abetted by existential fear. One of … Continue reading The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world

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