Free link to BMJ article  here 

Radio 4 Inside Health today – these are the references I used for the column.CPR on television – miracles and misinformation NEJM 1996 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199606133342406 Survival in cancer patients undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A meta-analysis, Resuscitation, 2006 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300957206001328#foot1> The Influence of the Probability of Survival on Patients’ Preferences Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – New England Journal of […]

The Which? investigation into nutritional therapists is ably reported here, on DC’s webpage. The Alliance for Natural Therapies responds by saying that ” Although Dr McCartney’s presence on the panel was presumably to advise on the medical diagnoses involved in the investigation, medical doctors in the UK receive minimal training in nutrition as part of their medical […]

Column on Inside Health, Radio 4’s new health programme, hosted by Mark Porter. This mentions Thomas Bayes. It’s near the end. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019c8kt

Article in the BMJ, following on from blogpost below. Free link isn’t working, so posted below   Observations Medicine and the Media Consultant cover and mortality among hospital patients BMJ 2012; 344 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d8276 (Published 11 January 2012)Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:d8276 Article Related content Metrics Responses Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow margaret{at}margaretmccartney.com Dr Foster’s […]

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Free links, for reference Barnardo’s misleading survey: publicity at what cost? and Worst cases of patient care in the NHS and wee news piece Janssen funds networking site to promote better mental health commissioning   There was also a piece in the Times about paracetamol but it’s behind a wall.