MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'defence'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246939&cid=t_218743_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fhas-labour-party-ran-out-of-gas.html The recent Green Paper on Defence reminded me of the independent report published last October by Sir Bernard Gray about Defence acquisition. Sir Bernard Gray recognised that the UK isn't alone in feeling let down by the way military equipment is bought. Around the world many nations face similar shortcomings: equipment arriving late, being too expensive and not delivering what was requested or expected. However, just because this is a pervasive problem, should we sit back and accept it? The Labour government have lacked ambition, vision, drive and leadership to act on Sir Bernard Gray's recommendations. Labour have returned similar reports year on year. Perhaps in a similar vain to Labour's education legacy: the bar required to pass exams was reduced, so exam league results looked better.... The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246939 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:46:00 +0100 3246939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228013&cid=t_218743_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fco-dependent-defence-behaviours%2F Some behaviours seem to have us locked into unbreakable patterns Psychological and emotional defence mechanisms are used by all human beings and may be necessary for survival in some situations. However, people from dysfunctional families (co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics for example) may have developed defence behaviours that are increasingly dysfunctional. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.- Alexander Graham Bell We’ve all used defences to distance ourselves from distressing feelings and maintain a sense of emotional stability. Our defence patterns began in childhood when they prevented us from becoming overwhelmed with anxiety. However, as an adult we o... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228013 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:29:34 +0100 3228013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556084&cid=t_218743_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6rQKd6uQKIk%2F Washington’s willingness to toss security guarantees about the globe like party favors has encouraged other nations to do little for their own defense.  From the European, Japanese, and South Korean standpoint, why spend more when the Americans will take care of you? But it looks like Australia takes a different view, and is willing to do more to defend itself and its region.  Reports the Daily Telegraph: The latest defence White Paper recommends buying 100 advanced F-35 jet fighters and 12 powerful submarines equipped with cruise missiles, a capability which no other country in the region is believed to possess. The “potential instability” caused by the emergence of China and India as major world powers was cited as the most pressing reason for this military build-up. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556084 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:39 +0100 2556084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1245026&cid=t_218743_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fquacktitioner-direct.html The generic British QuacktitionerHaving started life as a lawyer, the law remains an enduring interest and, watching from the sidelines as the legal profession is dumbed down, I feel the same sadness as I feel about what is happening to medicine. The saddest about the law is that, unlike medicine, the young trainee lawyers think the introduction of second rate pseudo-professional services is altogether admirable.One such young lawyer writes his own blog, Asp Bites, and was so cross with me for criticising the CPS recently that he says he is not going to link to me. Oh! Dear.Now he comments on the article below on the CPS. And he takes the piss. He talks of the introduction of CDS. Criminal Defence Service Direct. I feel I am trapped in a Kafka novel. It has always been a fundamental part o... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1245026 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:00 +0100 1245026