2014 Reith Lectures: 24 November -

[doversoul1]

In his lecture series, The Future of Medicine, Dr Atul Gawande will examine the nature of progress and failure in medicine, a field defined by what he calls 'the messy intersection of science and human fallibility'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6F2X8TpsxrJpnsq82hggHW/dr-atul-gawande-2014-reith-lectures

Speculating from the speaker’s book about ageing, death and modern medicine, it looks as if the Reith Lectures have remembered what they really are. I hope they have.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/being-mortal-medicine-what-matters-atul-gawande-review

[french frank]

In his lecture series, The Future of Medicine, Dr Atul Gawande will examine the nature of progress and failure in medicine, a field defined by what he calls 'the messy intersection of science and human fallibility'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6F2X8TpsxrJpnsq82hggHW/dr-atul-gawande-2014-reith-lectures

Speculating from the speaker’s book about ageing, death and modern medicine, it looks as if the Reith Lectures have remembered what they really are. I hope they have.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...gawande-review

Sounds promising. I thought the Guardian article was very interesting on the book he'd written. Not sure how far the lectures will cover that same area.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Reith Lectures 2014 by Atul Gawande

Off to an excellent start his remarks are a strong argument for evidence, truth, and a forgiving accountability in all walks of life not just medicine

[Serial_Apologist]

Off to an excellent start his remarks are a strong argument for evidence, truth, and a forgiving accountability in all walks of life not just medicine

By coincidence I've just been re-watching Dawkins's (I thought) excellent 2008 series The Genius of Charles Darwin.

[doversoul1]

Maybe this thread could be added here?

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?12236-2014-Reith-Lectures-24-November

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

apologies doversoul i did loook for another threa and failing to spot one started this -ff whichever way round suits

[aeolium]

I thought today's lecture was eloquent and moving, with some good suggestions for improving the way the medical profession deals with terminal illness.

[Dave2002]

So far this lecture series has been very interesting and thought provoking.

[french frank]

Two Reith threads now merged.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Two Reith threads now merged.

A Christmas Reith?