Involvement in Medicine
In 2010, he was elected inaugural Vice-President of the College of Medicine, an organisation set up to bring together patients and clincians on an equal footing. Several commenatators, writing in The Guardian and The British Medical Journal claim that this organisation is simply a re-branding of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health. This has been denied by the College of Medicine whose President is Graeme Catto, for seven years the President of the General Medical Council
Read more about this topic: Ian Kennedy (lawyer)
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“What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn’t mean that you are giving up your authority. It means acknowledging that the teenager is growing up and has the right to participate in decisions that affect his or her life.”
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“What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn’t mean that you are giving up your authority. It means acknowledging that the teenager is growing up and has the right to participate in decisions that affect his or her life.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)
“Good medicine is bitter to the taste.”
—Chinese proverb.