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  • The F word

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    This is going to be a tough one to write without winding somebody up. It’s about a taboo subject – one that trips a lot of new grads up. Sensitivity about this subject leads to a reluctance to discuss it openly, which then leads to high expectations but ultimately disappointment, embarrassment and complaints. I am…

  • Social mobility and the vet profession

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    I can’t help thinking that efforts to improve “social mobility” and help people from all backgrounds to get into “the professions” are looking at people from disadvantaged backgrounds only, and not looking at the whole picture. This means they miss out on a group who really would enrich and diversify our profession: the mature student.…

  • Chocolate, tea and respect

    Chocolate, tea and respect

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    I’m getting old. I can see that. People greet me not by saying “you look great” but by saying “you’re getting greyer”. The worst part of that is not that it’s rude, but that they seem to think it’s funny. I’ve been in this profession a long time, and I have seen quite a bit.…

  • Thoughts on the prescribing cascade

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    When I graduated the cascade was new and few people had even heard of it in practice. It filtered through quickly and now it’s part of automatic thinking about what drug to use when. So much is it now integrated in to my thinking that I forget why I objected to it at the time.…

  • A waste of potential

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    My phone (a Galaxy Note) is a wonderful device when I think about it. I now take it for granted, but it plugs happily in to cameras, USB drives, printers, sound system, television, and even my car engine management system to diagnose and treat problems. It can send and receive things from all these and…

  • Suicide: a compound problem

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    The perennial topic of comparative suicide rates in different professions came up this weekend at my course. I am in a group of nurses, lawyers, doctors, dentists, and midwives. Over lunch one of the doctors brought up the comparative suicide rates for the professions represented at my course and, as is well known, vets top…