There are a number of doctors who think "outside the box". Thinking outside the box often gets you hounded by the General Medical Council. Since the case of the Stapleford seven, we all began to realise that the GMC was not open to "individualism". The issue with guidelines in the UK whether they are created by NICE or anyone else is that they are not necessarily right for ALL patients. Dr Gordon Skinner who is a leading light in thyroid disease has been in state of tango with the GMC for a while. Other doctors have found themselves being hounded by our great regulatory body.
Liz Miller makes an interesting point
"Ideas coming from outside the pharmaceutical industry are seen as heresy and lead to vilification by the medical specialists and from the popular press. A doctor thinking outside the box risks death by a thousand cuts, excommunication and permanent exile to the wilderness. Thus was it ever, Galileo, and Semelweiss included. Research has become a cult worshipping DNA, instead of working to prevent disease"
The General Medical Council has never been open to different ideas. Another case surrounds Patrick Hickey. This is a interesting case in GMC jurisprudence. Of course, I cannot vouch for the company he keeps these days but his obsession to seek some sort of justice has led him to spend literary millions in the courts challenging the GMC over many years. I ought to say something about Patrick - I am thankful to him because I came across his material when I wrote the particulars of claim in the year 2004 [the challenge against the GMC].
Patrick though fails to recognise those that are after his money and ultimately the company he keeps will do him more harm in the long run. No one can blame him of course as he would probably overlook any flaws in character to get the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. James Caverney Sharp, his previous associate would not have been impressed with him. I suppose even aging men fail to focus and the years have taught them nothing.
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Medical science is intellectually bankrupt.
The sheer "weight" of evidence "supporting" (or weighing down) existing ideas stops people making the big bold leaps that are needed to make further significant advances.
Most of what we need to make great discoveries is there in plain view. Yet for some reason, thinking differently has become unthinkable, and people who do pay a high price.
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