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By Snow-Leavis Posted on Oct 14, 2018October 14, 2018

We listen.

For many years now I have shared as much as I possibly can in relation to my activism for Sunshine legislation. Last week I wrote a letter to the Royal … Continue reading We listen.

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Depression, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Scotland, Stigma, suicide, Sunshine Act for Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: BMJ, Catherine Calderwood, Clare Gerada, competing interests, Cooperative, David Baldwin, DGHSC, Everyone matters, Fiona Godlee, General Medical Council, GMC, making sure your voice counts, Marion Brown, Mesh, MHRA, NHS Scotland, no decision about me, PE1493, Peter J Gordon, petition, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, RCGP, Realistic Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Society of Medicine, RSM, Samaritans, Science Media Centre, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, suicide, Sunshine Act, Transparency, Wendy Burn, Wounded Healer

By Snow-Leavis Posted on Oct 11, 2018October 11, 2018

The over-certain doctor insists

Quotes by Evelyn Waugh, Candia McWilliams, Anton Chekov, and John MacMurray:

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, Narrative medicine, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Stigma, suicide, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Anton Chekov, BMJ, Clare Gerada, doctor, Dr George Dawson, Dr Samei Huda, Evelyn Waugh, George Dawson, Julian Barnes, Ken Calman, over-certain, Paul Morrison, pill shaming, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Psychiatry, psychology, Real Psychiatry, Royal Society of Medicine, RSM, Samei Huda, Sunsine Act, Wendy Burn, Wounded Healer

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