being and becoming in the world
Recently, a key opinion leader in psychiatry offered a ‘clarification’ in relation to competing financial interests. This influential psychiatrist agrees that “there are doctors in the pocket of companies” but … Continue reading Case in Point
Dr Ronald Pies seems determined to re-write history [click on the link to reveal Orwellian mutability in action]. Prof Rob Howard, 8 April 2022: “Dr Pies writes clearly and honestly.” … Continue reading ‘porky pies’
Is a pattern emerging in relation to contributing factors to the early deaths of some of our favourite music stars? Rolling Stone, 26 March 2022: “Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins … Continue reading Final Discography
This passage [which I have edited] by Gabriel García Márquez was written well before the advent of social media, but seems remarkably prescient: From time to time I become aware that … Continue reading “the other me”
This perspective, by Alexander Brown, was printed in the Scotsman, 2nd August 2021. The following paragraphs stood out for me [given that I have long had serious concerns about the … Continue reading ‘I would ban all politicians from Tweeting anything’
Comments made on Twitter are often ones that we would not dream of making were we sitting beside one another. Too often, the language used and the challenges made are … Continue reading Twitter
The following response, by Dr Rita Pal, was published online by the BMJ in 2001. In the 20 years that have passed, including the rise of social media, has the … Continue reading When the medical profession shuts down