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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Mirth, Ray Moynihan
Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Mirth, Ray Moynihan
Ray Moynihan
Extract:If there’s to be a global campaign to wind back overmedicalisation and iatrogenic illness, surely the best strategies include comedy and satire. The latest outbreak of satirical sanity comes from the US television comedian Stephen Colbert, who recently promoted the idea of “meducation,” a plan to use attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs to lift the school performance of healthy children.
Job Insecurity Contributes To Poor Health, Ray Moynihan
Job Insecurity Contributes To Poor Health, Ray Moynihan
Ray Moynihan
How do we create jobs that don't do more harm than good?
Has Novelty In Healthcare Gone A Little Stale?, Ray Moynihan
Has Novelty In Healthcare Gone A Little Stale?, Ray Moynihan
Ray Moynihan
Extract: Although drugs are essential, the roar of their marketing distorts decision making in favour of the newest and most expensive pills at the expense of older ones or of non-drug approaches. New diagnostic technologies offer undreamt of opportunities to detect ever earlier signs of illness, but they have also brought the increasingly recognised risk of overdiagnosis. Much has been written about how promotion can drive inappropriate use of valuable technologies, but does our deep love affair with novelty deserve more scrutiny?
The Dos And Don’Ts Of Collaborating With Industry, Ray Moynihan
The Dos And Don’Ts Of Collaborating With Industry, Ray Moynihan
Ray Moynihan
Extract: If you haven’t read the recent guidance on doctor-industry relationships, it’s certainly worth a look. Endorsed by leading professional groups, it argues that promising collaboration with industry “may be missed or even rejected” because of “misconceptions” arising from historical practices or rogue individuals. To set the record straight, the guidance emphasises the value of seeing sales representatives, the benefits of industry sponsored education, and the critical importance of health professionals serving on companies’ advisory boards.
Reasons To Be Hopeful: Streams Of Renewal In Healthcare, Ray Moynihan
Reasons To Be Hopeful: Streams Of Renewal In Healthcare, Ray Moynihan
Ray Moynihan
Extract: The iconoclastic former BMJ editor Richard Smith has mused that medicine might need to feel utterly defeated for it to undergo much needed radical renewal.1 Whether or not defeat is imminent, a culture shift is being debated,2 and renewal is inevitable. The current medical-industrial paradigm—fragmented, technocratic, mechanistic, inhuman, and imperial—is neither healthy nor sustainable. While there’s much that is hopeful in debates about clinical medicine, public health, and beyond, I’d like to identify 10 streams of change that may ultimately coalesce to form a coherent vision of radical renewal.