Iona Heath

Nov 17, 2023 | bmj.com | Iona Heath

Iona Heath, retired general practitionerLondonYears ago, when, for the first time, I heard of the suicide of a patient for whom I was responsible, I thought back to a story I learnt in primary school which had somehow become my personal benchmark for an intractable and unremitting sense of failure. I had learnt that in 1558, during the rule of Queen Mary Tudor, England had lost control of Calais which it had ruled for more than 200 years.

Sep 28, 2023 | bjgp.org | Iona Heath

PHARMACEUTICALISATIONAcross the globe and particularly in its richest countries, health services are struggling within a whirligig of greed, fear, wishful thinking, and vested interest — all of which are driving the medicalising of society, the overmedicating of populations, and the overconsumption of medical products — and all this makes paying appropriate attention to the Patient Earth ever more difficult.

Feb 24, 2023 | bmj.com | Iona Heath |Victor M. Montori

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