On September 16 2023 I was honoured to present at the NZDSOS, (New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out on Science) annual conference. The theme was Truth, Justice and Healing. DEMOCRACY’S UNSPOKEN FOUNDATION: Where is the real fourth estate? The Grand Hall at Eden Park stadium, in Auckland was filled to the […]
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A Case for Refocusing Upstream
The River Story, attributed to Irving Zola, by New Zealand sociologist John B. McKinlay “A Case for Refocusing Upstream: The Political Economy of Illness” McKinlay, J.B. (first published 1975) My friend, Irving Zola, relates the story of a physician trying to explain the dilemmas of the modern practice of medicine: […]