Examining the interface between medicine and faith
[Hippocratic Oath IV] What's it all about, really? Medicine, I mean. What is the point of this crazy job that we do? Promoting wellbeing? Complete forms for pleasure and profit? "I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgement, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing." Ah, … Continue reading The road to health is paved with good intentions
[Hippocratic Oath III] "We are family... " Profound words from Sister Sledge. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure that she was a real nun... "To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine … Continue reading The cost of knowledge
[Hippocratic Oath II] OK, here goes with the first part. We're going to top and tail the Hippocratic Oath. There's good reason for this... You know bookends? Those two things that stop your Kindle from falling over, right? No seriously, the two angled sculptures which go on either end of your carefully curated line … Continue reading I swear by Apollo…
"I swear by Apollo the Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture. To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he … Continue reading The Hippocratic Oath
[Hippocratic oath I] As doctors we have this long tradition stretching, ostensibly, back into ancient history. We can lay claim to something old, something solid and historical. This is especially relevant in a world where 'liquid modernity' is the norm - the view of a modern society which no longer has any solid roots … Continue reading Be a Hippocrate
And onto Northern Ireland as the next subject of controversy. Those evil doctors preventing people from exercising their right to take the Morning After Pill! the MAP is legally restricted in the same way that other prescription only medicine is restricted. The guidelines on conscientious objection apply to its prescription, just as much as any … Continue reading Dear Mr Emerson, pt 2
I read your article yesterday with some distress. It's not comfortable to read a full frontal attack on one's profession and professional standards. In addition, some parts are just plain wrong, and the arguments are poor. Come, let's reason together... Opting in to providing abortion services. You spend much of the article highlighting the confusion that … Continue reading Dear Mr Emerson, Pt 1
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