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This opinion by Daniel Sokol, medical ethicist and barrister, was published in the BMJ on the 14 February 2025. This article refers specifically to Physician Associates [PAs] stating that “the … Continue reading “Why the General Medical Council should discipline doctors who misuse social media”
Extract of a report in the Scotsman, 8 January 2025. This quote is by Keir Starmer, Prime Minister: It seems that I am not alone in having lies and misinformation … Continue reading ‘A barrage of hostile X posts’
Over the last decade I have looked at the governance of the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. My hope was to find improvement in relation to transparency. … Continue reading 2024 Psychopharmacology Committee of RCPsych: transparency at an all time low.
A published response by Niall McLaren to an Editorial by Jeffrey CL Looi et al:
A published response by Mark Horowitz and David Taylor to an Editorial by Jeffrey CL Looi et al: Another published response by Niall McLaren to the Editorial by Jeffrey CL … Continue reading Deprescribing antidepressants
From: Peter J Gordon Sent: 17 May 2019 To: The President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; the former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; the Vice-President of the … Continue reading Dead Rat brains implored: it is by living we learn
INSIGHT is the title that the Royal College of Psychiatrists chose for its magazine: I would suggest that it is a mistake to consider that Psychiatry has better INSIGHT than … Continue reading INSIGHT
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