You will remember this
You will remember this: To play this short film please click here. Credit: P J Harvey
Tag: sapere aude
Not fitting the pattern
This is a post about the mental health debate held at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 6th January 2015. Alexander McCall Smith recently recommended to me this book (appreciating that … Continue reading Not fitting the pattern
‘borrowed words’
I have recently taken a most difficult decision: I have decided to retire as a doctor from the beginning of next year (2020). I really will miss being a doctor … Continue reading ‘borrowed words’
Had felt incredibly alone
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
Fiction had disrupted reality
Sancho Panza recalls – that a Russian doctor mistook Peter to be Patrick Geddes. Sancho Panza recalls – that the gardener who practised medicine and now plants trees mistook the … Continue reading Fiction had disrupted reality
Ethical psychiatry
I have been retired for more than 4 years now. On my retirement I received a number of messages which often returned to the importance of ethics in psychiatry. “I … Continue reading Ethical psychiatry
He admired those
From ‘The Noise of Time’ by Julian Barnes.