“Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.”
Bernie S. Siegel
Month: October 2009
Faceless Men in Black
You couldn’t make it up, even if you wanted to. The GMC have revealed themselves on the front cover of their turgid publication GMCtoday – as faceless men in black. One of them even seems to have some sort of word salad going on in his head.
It’s the Right Care, the Right Place, It’s McKesson
One of the more toxic forms of health care delivery is a system known a “managed care” – an American import which takes a car fleet maintenance approach to looking after the punters.
Letting Suicidal Patients Die
We are about to enter the Bermuda Triangle of medical ethics, a place where the compass spins, all bearings are confused, and many may founder.