Gavin Francis

“But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good”

2026-02-10

“to the modern view of the brain as a "connectome" of circuits and loops of varying bandwidth like a computer - which (I predict) will eventually be disproved in its turn.”

2026-02-10

“By 2015, the UK had slipped to 21st, and, by 2021, it had fallen to 29th, because of political decisions about the funding of health and social care.”

2023-08-24

“So right there at the beginning, before there was even a profession such as medicine, there is some writing with a scientific appreciation of the body and how to make it better. There's no dogma here, because they're…”

2018-04-16, book, by Hippocrates, recommended

“There's another ancient text I could have mentioned: Galen's That the Best Physician is Also a Philosopher. It's essentially a call to arms for doctors to concentrate on the perfection of their clinical skills and to…”

2018-04-16, book, by Galen, liked

“I think it's a really important piece of writing just because it's so beautifully executed. That said, it does lose its way about half way through, and Woolf goes off in pursuit of some enthusiasms that I don't share.”

2018-04-16, book, by Virginia Woolf, mixed