tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68707474154958366912011-07-31T08:45:33.519+01:00A contented UK citizen, happy with the NHS, tries to develop a new model to describe the way people interact with medical society.@KeithUnderdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369218964342618197noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870747415495836691.post-4997713507312239792010-02-08T10:14:00.001Z2010-02-08T10:15:54.467Z

Anne Marie and I met up for lunch again and gently made some key decisions. We now have a Planning Wave and I will abstract the key bits here:Determine Conference ParadigmResearch the BarCamp ModelWe both feel more comfortable with this model. It requires less facilitation and the method is out there. Contrast this with OST Research the Open Space Technology Model OST appears to be totally

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Ann Marie and I met for lunch on 2010-01-20. This was arranged through Twitter and was thus a "tweet-up". A lot of the time was spent in that all important human activity "socialising". We now know each other a little better and that helps to build trust and understanding. The important part of the discussion is that we have decided to organise an “unconference” in Wales to explore ways in which

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It's been sometime since I did anything to develop the model I presented in my first post in this blog. The most recent post is presented as an account of an actual consultation and how it left the patient (and her supporter) feeling. It is thus part of the body of evidence I am drawing on. Anne Marie and I have had a vigorous private debate over on Wave which had two components: I was trying to

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My daughter has been suffering from vague ill-health for several years. Part of it is depression but she can suffer from extreme tiredness leading to lethargy and lack of motivation. It is bad enough that her employer is threatening a written warning if she is absent again. She has had some counselling and most recently she and the counsellor at her GP practice agreed that the tiredness is not

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My intention in trying to define a new model is to try and define our target. We can then check our progress towards it. Will there be a paradigm shift or will we make continuous, smooth progress towards that vision? My feeling is that technological change is happening so quickly that we are likely to reach a tipping point in which society needs to make some very rapid changes in order to absorb

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Firstly an apology—I have ignored several comments for almost a fortnight. Part of the problem is that I gained access to Google Wave and have been distracted by that, more on that later. Secondly, the weather and domestic duties have been getting me down and I have not had spare capacity to blog. However, I can reward myself with some blogging time today.Secondly, welcome to Dr Anne Marie

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It was great to see Keith start this blog. Conversation should be open, clear and transparent. As you will see from my comments on his first few posts, I'm not sure that talking about a new model of health or medicine helps at this stage. We do seem to be moving along a continuum, rather than about to experience a paradigm shift. For that reason I am more interested in talking about what is good

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There have been several comments on my posts so far and I want to use two of them as the basis of this post. The first suggests that my previous post needs clarification and the second gives a wonderful name for the model I hope we can develop together. Clarification of the Social Model of Disability Anne Marie Cunningham said... I can see this is going to be an interesting discussion! So

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Ok, I've stated my premise, now I need to go about developing the argument! First of all let me direct you to the post that started me thinking about all of this earnest: Why I think I am a patient and not a consumer. Even more important than the post are the comments it has generated. In fact, I would like to invite Anne Marie and everybody who has commented on the post to become co-authors of

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For the last three years I have kept a Livejournal blog describing my experience as I was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. I am no-longer receiving any treatment for the condition and so I regard myself as cured and call myself a cancer survivor.I created that blog because I wanted to record and communicate my experience as a way of demystifying the process and helping people understand

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