Search Results - "Heath, Iona"

Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world by Brownlee, Shannon, MSc, Chalkidou, Kalipso, MD, Doust, Jenny, Prof, Elshaug, Adam G, Prof, Glasziou, Paul, Prof, Heath, Iona, FRCGP, Nagpal, Somil, MD, Saini, Vikas, MD, Srivastava, Divya, PhD, Chalmers, Kelsey, BSc, Korenstein, Deborah, MD

“…Summary Overuse, which is defined as the provision of medical services that are more likely to cause harm than good, is a pervasive problem. Direct measurement…”
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Combating disease mongering: daunting but nonetheless essential by Heath, Iona

“…The way forward, argues Heath, relies on our capacity to rediscover courage and stoicism and to realign the relationship between economic, political, and…”
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Joining the Fight against Poverty: Open Invitation from the International Poverty and Health Network to All Health Professionals by Heath, Iona, Haines, Andy

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The Role of Anger in Motivating Leadership by Heath, Iona, Stavdal, Anna, Sigurdsson, Johann Agust

“…As doctors, we see every working day the pervasive effects of different forms of structural violence and discrimination that undermine the hopes and…”
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Is clinical prevention better than cure? by Gérvas, Juan, Dr, Starfield, Barbara, MD, Heath, Iona, FRCGP

“…Consider the example of hypertension: evidence exists that the benefits of screening and treating substantially outweigh the harms; yet treatment can be…”
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The Patient Earth is sick, but the medical doctors are mainly absent by Heath, Iona

“…Heath discusses the conviction that the fear of death is one of the reasons that medical doctors are mainly absent when the Patient Earth is sick, and an…”
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Person-centered prevention and health promotion by Iona Heath

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Quality of mind by Heath, Iona

“…Heath talks about Ian McWhinney and his lecture. McWhinney became a guiding light for her in 1989 when she read the newly published second edition of his A…”
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Quality of mind: Dr Ian McWhinney Lecture, 2023 by Heath, Iona

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World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) perspectives on person-centered medicine by Iona Heath

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How medicine has exploited rationality at the expense of humanity: an essay by Iona Heath by Heath, Iona

“…Iona Heath argues for a rebalancing of the two sides in every clinical consultation, championing that for which evidence based medicine has no answers…”
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Love in the time of coronavirus by Heath, Iona

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Rewilding general practice by Heath, Iona

“…Heath discusses the rewilding of general practice in the UK. She states that in its current persecuted, demoralized, and exhausted state, UK general practice…”
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World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) perspectives on person-centered medicine by Heath, Iona

“…When, as an adolescent, I was first thinking of studying medicine, my own family doctor told me that: “In hospitals, the diseases stay and the people come and…”
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Person-centered prevention and health promotion by Heath, Iona

“…By the age of 49, this proportion rises to 90% and as much as 76% of the total adult population are found to be at ‘increased risk.’ Something appears to be…”
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Boost for sustainable healthcare by Heath, Iona

“…Cochrane joins the fight against waste, corruption, and futility in healthcare…”
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Multimorbidity and Quaternary Prevention (P4) by Mangin, Dee, Heath, Iona

“…Multimorbidity has become the norm for the majority of patients attending primary care, and while the proportion of those with multimorbidity is higher in…”
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COVID-19 and the legacy of grief by Heath, Iona

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Back to the future: aspects of the NHS that should never change—an essay by Iona Heath by Heath, Iona

“…Many changes to the NHS in its first 70 years have been for the better. But not all change is good, writes Iona Heath, pointing out the aspects of the health…”
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Role of fear in overdiagnosis and overtreatment—an essay by Iona Heath by Heath, Iona

“…Iona Heath argues that doctors and patients need to face up to their fears of uncertainty and death if we are to control overmedicalisation…”
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