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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 19, 2021March 10, 2023

His moral generosity

This is the Scotland on Sunday Review of Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel ‘The Pavilion in the Clouds’:

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By Hole Ousia Posted on July 28, 2021March 9, 2023

Courageous women

Dr Wael Agur, NHS surgeon, Scotland [18 July 2021]: The Editor of the Sunday Post [18 July 2021]:

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical writings, NHS ScotlandTags: 18 July 2021, 2018;363:k4562, 2019;364:l1379, a majority of participants felt that publication of financial payments to healthcare professionals should be mandatory, A mesh of relationships, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, Anthony Como, Antiquary, Baroness Cumberlege, BMJ, British Medical Journal, Britton Review, Bryan Christie, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Carl Heneghan, Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer, clinical governance, conflicts of interest, Conflicts of interest and polypropylene Mesh implants, conflicts of interest were found to be involved in the Mesh scandal, courage to care, Cumberlege Review, Director General, Doctors' Register of Interests, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Peter J Gordon, Dr Wael Agur, Elaine Holmes, evidence by experience, Fiona Godlee, first do no harm, First Minister, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, General Medical Council, Geoff Huggins, GMC, harm, Helen McArdle, Herald, Hole Ousia, I have now witnessed the Scottish Government’s Department of Health seeming to disbelieve the evidence presented in three separate health-related petitions, I no longer use Mesh, iatrogenic, Iatrogenic harm, Independence, Independent Review, Jackson Carlaw, Joseph S Ross, Julia Cumberlege, kept in the dark, let the people petition and be heard, Listen let the people petition and be heard, managing and supporting Independent Reviews in Scotland, Marion Scott, medical paternalism, medicine, Mesh, Mesh inquiry, MESH scandal, Mesh Scandal: Lessons from Wall Street ignored, Mesh survivors, MESH: how it became a four letter word, MSP, Neil Findlay, NHS Boards, NHS Governance, NHS Scotland, NHS surgeon, Nicola Sturgeon, Olive McIlroy, Omphalos, Omphalos films, patient harm, patient's viewpoint, PE1493, PE1517, PE1517 Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices, PE1571, PE1651, Peter Gordon, petition, Phramaceutical Industry, Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices, PPC/S5/17/10/1, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, primum non nocere, Public Consultation, Public Petitions Committee, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, review, Review of Review, Scotland, Scotland rejects sunshine legislation, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Council, Scottish mesh review had serious failings, Scottish Mesh Survivors, Scottish Parliament, SNP, Social maverick, Submission on PE1517: Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices, Sunday Post, Sunshine Act, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, The Antiquary, The BMJ, The mesh of relationships between doctors and industry, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Scottish Government asked us to obtain views from the public on the potential introduction of a Register of Interests for Scotland, The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity, The Scottish Government rejects sunshine legislation, The Sunday Post, traditional medical hierarchy, Transparency, Wael Agur, where the mesh inquiry leaves us regarding a register of doctors' interests

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 6, 2021March 7, 2023

See/Saw

I have just ordered this book:The following snippets are from a review in Scotland on Sunday, 2 May 2021:

Categories: Philosophy, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 2 May 2021, Antiquary, artist, Canongate, Dr Peter Gordon, Geoff Dyer, Hole Ousia, John Berger, Looking at Photographs, multifarious learner, Peter Gordon, photography, picture a beautifully written book on photography, rebel antiquary, review, Scotland on Sunday, See/Saw, Social maverick, Stuart Kelly, The Antiquary, The following snippets are from a review in Scotland on Sunday 2 May 2021, The Rebel Antiquary, time passes listen, Understanding a photograph, writer

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 24, 2021March 7, 2023

Your Inner Hedgehog

Alexander McCall Smith’s latest book Your Inner Hedgehog, which I am really looking forward to reading, was reviewed in Scotland on Sunday, 21 March 2021. “No one pricks pomposity and … Continue reading Your Inner Hedgehog

Categories: Philosophy, Scotland, Two culturesTags: 21 March 2021, Alexander McCall Smith, Alexander McCall Smith's latest book Your Inner Hedgehog, Antiquary, Books from Scotland, constant real-world cacophony of hyperbolic argument and mud-slinging, Dr Peter Gordon, gently sends up the the foibles and frailties of academics, Hole Ousia, Kirsty McLuckie, March 2021, No one pricks pomposity and self-importance as hilariously as Alexander McCall Smith, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, review, Scotland, Scotland on Sunday, Scotsman, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Best of Scottish Books, The Rebel Antiquary, Your Inner Hedgehog, Your Inner Hedgehog might be just the antidote we need to the constant real-world cacophony of hyperbolic argument and mud-slinging that seems to surround every debate on every issue

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