The Worst of Medicine
17 July 2008, 19.00 - 21.00
Obsessive healthy living was voted 'The Worst of Medicine' in a
public debate hosted by Wellcome Collection on Thursday 17
July.
'The Best of Medicine' and 'The Worst of Medicine' were two free
events designed to stimulate public debate about the best and worst
ideas, phenomena, developments and practices in the history of
medicine. There was also an online debate and discussion at
‘spiked’ where experts and the public could add their thoughts.
This event was preceded by ‘The Best of
Medicine’ on 26 June.
Watch the video above for audience interviews before and after
the event (Read the
transcript [PDF 40KB]). Watch the videos below to see each
speaker explain their argument.
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Michael Fitzpatrick puts forward his case for obsessive healthy living being the worst development in medicine today
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William Schabas argues that the global migration of health professionals is the worst development in medicine
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David Wooton argues the case for Hippocrates representing the worst of medicine in history
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Richard Halvorsen argues that vaccination is the worst practice in medicine