Stories
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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Do you see what I see?
Is reality actually what you see, or just an elaborate illusion?
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How can we prevent violence?
Evidence shows that strategies to prevent some types of violence can be very effective, while other, less well-acknowledged forms continue unabated. But hope can still guide us into a more peaceful future.
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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
Catalogue
- Books
Debating science issues.
Date: [2009]- Archives and manuscripts
London Debating Society: advance notices of motions for debate
Date: 1827-1828Reference: PP/HO/E/B3Part of: Hodgkin family- Books
America debates genetic DNA testing / Elizabeth Boskey.
Boskey, Elizabeth.Date: 2008- Books
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An address delivered at the fourth anniversary meeting of the Birmingham Medical Debating Society, and published at the request of its members / by Peyton Blakiston.
Blakiston, Peyton, 1801-1878.Date: 1837- Books
Debating procreation : is it wrong to reproduce? / David Benatar, David Wasserman.
Benatar, DavidDate: [2015]