Sit down, doctor
So, I was in hospital. I self-presented, got assessed and told I had to stay, I had a ‘procedure’, after which I was discharged home. Here is my first blog about it. Continue reading “Sit down, doctor”
Stop talking about language, clinicians
Just about every day, my Twitter timeline sports new examples of how language matters and suggestions of new solutions to newly found language issues. Except that by far most of the problems identified have nothing to do with language. I’ve wanted to write this post for some time – it’s about quasi language problems. Continue reading “Stop talking about language, clinicians”
Bitter geography of birth
Brexit looms on the horizon and I find myself in more and more disbelief. I have just about stopped listening to news bulletins which are longer than a few minutes, as I simply cannot cope with the news. When I started talking back to my television set, I decided I was losing it. Continue reading “Bitter geography of birth”
SDM and the channel of communication
Over last week I met a lot people interested in shared decision making. The discussions I had at Dartmouth College and at the Johns Hopkins University offered me a much more nuanced understating of SDM. Still, my scepticism remains. Continue reading “SDM and the channel of communication”