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Building a GIS - Global Maritime History
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Steve Woods
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Steve Woods • • •@wood5y
Well you might argue, since the start of the NHS in 1947, I guess.... but most seriously in the last decade & a half in its most recent iteration of budgetary crisis
Steve Woods
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Ah, the long view.
Prescription charges was the first crack in the #NHS, introduced in the 1950s.
But yes, 15 years of austerity and putting Humpty back together again is even harder.
Martin Vermeer FCD
in reply to Steve Woods • • •@wood5y I would say that is precisely-right diagnosis. If you need treatment or medication in order to feel or get better, you have the condition.
And yes, prescription charges (which we also have here in Finland) are a uniformly Bad Idea, even if only a modest sum. Medicines are not hamburgers, where the customer can realistically estimate their subjective need in the context of their financial situation, finding the market optimum. This is not a market; it requires medical judgment. Too easy to not get treatment for a serious condition that doesn't feel serious, and then becomes chronic or leads to disability or death - orders of magnitude more expensive than any 'savings' on the medicine.
Martin Vermeer FCD
in reply to Martin Vermeer FCD • • •Steve Woods
in reply to Martin Vermeer FCD • • •@martinvermeer It's estimated that 25% of people will suffer from mental health problems during life.
I'm beginning to see the over-diagnosis argument as the modern equivalent of the old 'pull yourself together' attitude.
Martin Vermeer FCD
in reply to Steve Woods • • •@wood5y Precisely. That was in my mind when I started to write the post, but it fell by the wayside.
Now to be fair, a great many sufferers of autism or ADHD can fully function in society and be valuable members of it with minimal but appropriate support or medication - or even completely without, solely on the strength of a correct diagnosis and the self-understanding that comes with it. But denial is just irredeemably dumb.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to Martin Vermeer FCD • • •@martinvermeer @wood5y
yes, that final point is important; diagnosis can lead to improved self-understanding, and through that better ways to 'manage' oneself - here the diagnosis is a route to less expense not more!
aspragg
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Non-google, non-campaignmonitor.com link:
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What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care
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