
Saturday, May 22, 2010
UK not interested in 13th century education in Afghanistan

Thursday, May 20, 2010
Richard Gregory obituary
Richard Gregory explains the Charlie Chaplin mask in this video.
Read his Times obituary. His book Eye and Brain is known to just about every psychology undergraduate. The use of illusions is important for understanding the dynamic nature of perception. Mind Hacks sums up Gregory's significance well.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Poor measures of quality should not have triggered Mid Staffs inquiry

The hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) depends on the proportion of deaths that take place in hospital. Availability of alternative forms of end of life care, such as hospices and community palliative services, as well as characteristics of the local population, therefore, influence the different figures between hospitals. To score well, it's better for a hospital not to admit a dying patient. In fact Mid Staffs has improved its mortality ratio by 34% over the past three years. There are also shortcomings with the HSMR measure itself.
Cavalier use of such data by government and NHS management does not give clinicians confidence that their work is really understood. Unjustifiably singling out a management team that may be no worse than many others is no help. Robert Francis, who conducted an independent inquiry into Mid Staffs, is supposed to be doing a scoping exercise for a further inquiry of the commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies, which has draft terms of reference.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Need for inquiry after David Southall wins appeal

David Clark obituary

Sunday, May 02, 2010
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