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 'disgrace'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028457&cid=t_123825_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Fmatthew-israel-founder-of-judge-rotenberg-steps-down-in-disgrace%2F We missed reporting this at the end of May when it happened, but I like to close the loop on stories we’ve discussed in the past, so I thought it relevant to mention here. We’ve previously detailed how the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Mass. has a “treatment” for out-of-control children where electric shocks are given in order to curb their behavior (ala BF Skinner). We’ve also noted the horror of the incident where a former patient was able to make a single phone call and cause the staff to shock two children in its care over 100 times. Now, finally, the founder of the school, Matthew Israel, has agreed to step down from the Center in order to avoid prison time. In an agreement reached with the state’s Attorney General, he will be on pro... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028457 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:50:56 +0100 5028457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851836&cid=t_123825_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fcookies-or-empathy%2F I recently came across a short “introspection” published in The American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Jonathan Benjamin describing the case of Mr. A, an unemployed alcoholic, during the time Dr. Benjamin was working as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist in a primary care setting. Mr. A. wanted to show his primary care physician that he was no longer drinking (a routine the physician and patient had been through many times in the past) by suggesting he could come into the clinic every other day so the doctor could smell his breath. But Dr. Benjamin had another idea: “Mr. A, I like the idea of your coming to the clinic every other day, but I do not like the idea of your reporting in disgrace. How about if you learned to bake a little? On every visit you could bring the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851836 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:03:41 +0100 2851836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1692164&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Ffight-for-clinics.html So, it's the end of my first official week back on rotations, and so far, I'm not impressed at the organisation (or lack of, thereof) by my medical school on this rotation.After ommitting my name off the student list, and misplacing my attachment forms, it does appear that I am supposed to be at this hospital, but there are other problems. The course coordinator is of very little help - most students still do not know which ward we have been assigned to, what time and where the various clinics run, and who our official teams are.The course coordinator gave us a list of all the available clinics and told us to all assign ourselves to a clinic of our choosing and to 'sort it out amongst yourselves.' Well, we have tried to sort it out amongst ourselves, and so far, it's been a nightmare. Ther... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1692164 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:47:00 +0100 1692164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1618021&cid=t_123825_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fdr-neil-bacon-disgrace-to-medical.html Dr Neil Bacon should be ashamed of himself. Earlier today I wrote at length, with some circumlocutions, about Bacon. It is no longer necessary to mince words. The site he has set up is a disgrace. If Bacon is making money out of it, he deserves to be driven out of the medical profession. Take a look at how, in the course of one short day, he has attempted to destroy the professional reputation of a doctor, without explanation, and without giving that doctor the right to respond.This is what I said earlier:Look at what is already happening on the site, with this utterly disgraceful ad hominen attack on a doctor who is not able to defend himself. There are always two sides to a story, never more so than when there is a psychiatric problem. This poor doctor cannot defend himself without break... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1618021 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:52:00 +0100 1618021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1442870&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Five-got-job-to-do-theres-no-room-for.html Brownie points to anyone who can tell me which song the lyrics in my post title belong to.Brownie points, too, to anyone who can commute here and do my goddamn write-up for me. Please. I'll give you blueberry muffins.So. My project is due to be handed in on Friday.This Friday.As it stands, I have my discussion left to finish (about 3/4s of the way through so far,) my introduction to add bits to, and my references to sort out. Add to that, printing and binding. It doesn't help that my computer here doesn't run Write & Cite, EndNote OR RefWorks properly. Bastard machine. My supervisor has been an absolute life-saver. I sent him a draft of my introduction yesterday evening, and it was sitting in my inbox first thing this morning, corrections outlined and suggestions for improvement in the... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1442870 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:00 +0100 1442870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1052293&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fgross-gross-gross.html Just recently, a series of posters have gone up at my local gym.The one on the sauna reads:Please refrain from eating or shaving in this area.Gross.The one on the showers reads:Please do not shave in the shower.Ew.The ones on the water fountains read:For hygeine purposes, would members please refrain from spitting in the water fountains.Absolutely horrendous.Still, it's got to be better than the ones at my friend's gym which read:These hairdriers provided are to be used for hair ON THE HEAD only.How pleasant. (Source: Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes) Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1052293 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:06:00 +0100 1052293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1030142&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fplease-say-no.html Dear oh dear.I was at the computer cluster a few days ago, minding my own business, doing my own work, when there appeared to be a bit of a commotion. I was unaware of what was going on because I had my headphones on and was in a world of my own, but I took them out and peered over the top of my computer screen.There was a horde of second year medical students from my medical school, and their lectures had obviously just finished as they were entering the computer room in their multitudes and generally being boisterous, loud, obnoxious and irritating.Some were playing catch with another student's pencil case (this is not a playground), one guy was MCing into a cupped fist whilst his friends listened on (you're crap), another bunch of students were dancing around (equally craply), and then ... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1030142 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:35:00 +0100 1030142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=964571&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fquite-possibly-most-traumatic-morning.html ... and that really is no exaggeration.Today, as you all know, I was supposed to arrive at my campus any time from 10:30-11:00am to hand in my essay. You know, the one that I was up all last night writing.Things dramatically improved since my last post. I was working on the essay intently from 6-8:30am, reshaping the thing, jazzing it up, and I have to say, I was actually quite proud of the final piece. Definitely a good, solid piece of work, as far as I could tell. The writing style flowed seamlessly, I liked the tone of it, I managed to display my extra reading into the subject quite well.I printed it off gleefully downstairs, totally exhausted from pulling an all-nighter, but elated at getting it done to a good standard, and got ready to go to university.At the train station, I met my f... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=964571 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0100 964571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962544&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fyou-can-tell-it-was-written-night.html I've just come from the kitchen, sneaking through the house like a thief so as not to wake anyone up, with a massive stack of toast and a steaming mug of coffee to tide me over. I have been working the entire night, racing against the clock to finish this essay.It's just gone 6am. My sister's alarm went off somewhere in the house a moment ago.I am surveying the first draft of my work that I have just printed out; the fruits of 8 solid hours of labour, backbreaking paper-reading and nailbreaking typing speeds.It's shit.I'm not going to go into the three million things that are just so utterly wrong with this essay, but I am off to try and amend it somewhat.I know that even at my last minute attempts, I am capable of producing work of a better standard than this. (Source: Of Short White Coat... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962544 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:27:00 +0100 962544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867292&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fmelancholy-reminiscence.html Today I dropped by unexpectedly at an old school teacher's house. She taught me briefly during secondary school, but I always saw her around in the area even after I had left, and one day I saw her at my gym. We got talking and she gave me her address and always told me to meet up with her, so today I took her up on that offer.I'm quite surprised she remembered me so well, given that the invite was extended to me well over a year ago, but she remembered everything about me, and invited me inside and we got talking.I ended up staying at her house for two hours, though I had only intended on popping in for a maximum of twenty minutes. Talk about a trip down memory lane.My secondary school had once been a bastion of academia, religion and discipline. The teachers were strict but had a great r... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867292 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:27:00 +0100 867292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847294&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Frest-in-peace-little-rhys-jones.html Today on TV, I saw the funeral procession of little Rhys Jones. I'm one of those annoying people who remain totally ummoved by sad films or plays or books. I laugh through most horror movies and find it amusing when friends around me start crying at a sad part in a movie, or tell me they were moved to tears by something they had read.But today, something inside me just broke and as I watched the blue and white Everton themed coffin of little Rhys Jones. I realised just how upset I was when my throat felt tight and my eyes welled up with tears and the screen became a blur in front of me. It was actually painful to watch his funeral. I struggled to keep my eyes on the screen as I saw the cathedral, heard bits of the service, saw little boys lighting candles in his memory.Inside me, I felt ab... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847294 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:55:00 +0100 847294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=658892&cid=t_123825_93_f&fid=34891&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshortwhitecoats.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fdisgraceful.html Just a few moments ago, my sister, who had been surfing the BBC website, came across an article and told me about it.It enraged me.Which particular article?The article about the new logo for the 2012 Olympic games, being held in my home country, in the capital city, London.Here is the disaster, in all its glory:Yes, people. This marvel above here, this total joke of a logo has cost the public £400,000 to design. £400,000. Can you imagine?What a deplorable waste of money.My five year old cousin could have come up with something better on his Early Learning Centre easel.What the hell is it even supposed to be, anyway? Some neon pink jagged shards in the shape of 2012? Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. The only way that the logo can be perceived as being slightly clever is maybe the fact that ... Of Short White Coats and Stethoscopes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658892 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:16:00 +0100 658892