Language and emotions

Every now and again, my Twitter timeline contains reference to a feelings wheel. There are many versions of it (here is a link to the best 25 of them, apparently) all aiming to help me identify my emotions. Every time I see one, I despair. So, here is a rough guide a language and emotions. But if there is one blogpost in which I would like to keep saying that things are really more complex, it is this one. This is also why it’s a long post. Continue reading “Language and emotions”

Manifesto for manifestos

I have toyed with this post for some time. I might be out my depth here, but finally decided to write. Some time ago I read a new manifesto for primary care.  I do believe that the manifesto comes from a deep concern about how medics care about me and opposition to paternalistic medicine which knows better, and for which I am only an object of actions. And I do agree. And yet, I want to respond. Continue reading “Manifesto for manifestos”

On illusion of interdisciplinarity

Here is a link to two tweets by Prof. Trisha Greenhalgh in which she says that a journal has only a pre-determined list of keywords from which to choose. Needless to say, the keywords she would like to use are not on the list. I think the problem is, at least partly, to do with interdisciplinarity or, more accurately, its absence in Academia. The tweet inspired me to write the post I’ve been thinking about for some time. Continue reading “On illusion of interdisciplinarity”

On medical ‘discoveries’

A few days ago, my Twitter timeline was full of references to and praise for a short piece by Anya de Iongh, who writes about her medical appointment. De Iongh’s piece is very moving in offering a patient’s perspective on what a 10-mnute conversation with a senior physician feels like. A perspective that starts way before the appointment and continues well after it. The author describes an experience that quite a lot of us, patients, know only too well. Myself included. Continue reading “On medical ‘discoveries’”

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