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How did Jesus heal people?
According to the gospels, Jesus often healed people. To us his healings seem weird – so unlike what we expect from doctors. Some people have explained them away, as an ignorant society’s misunderstandings of what must have really happened. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Society
Tagged delayed gratification, healing, health, individualism, Jesus, medical anthropology, medicine, work
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Health: what are we trying to achieve?
This is about the nature of health. In a recent post I argued that health services should take priority because everything we do depends on having enough health. Here I ask what we think good health is. This is about … Continue reading
What do we expect from the National Health Service?
Prime Minister Theresa May, in her New Year live interview on Sunday, got quite a grilling from Andrew Marr. The Independent provides a video and report. Marr described the case of Leah Butler-Smith whose mother waited five hours to be … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged ethics, Golden Rule, health, morality, National Health Service
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Statins and profits
My health has suddenly deteriorated, after reading the latest claim in the debate about statins. Professor Rory Collins, criticising some articles in the British Medical Journal, claims that the only side-effects of statins are muscle weakness in 1 in 10,000 … Continue reading