Reacquaintance with the „irreplaceable ” minister

Message from the Minister

cause of mental health by creating a greater understanding of the nature of mental disorders and of the possibilities of prevention and of help for those who suffer from them. A lively and well-informed journal is invaluable for stimulating the interest of the public as a whole as well as helping people already actively engaged in work for mental health, and I wish every success to this new ven...

The ideal minister of health.

Brain Death and Irreplaceable Parts

Could a human being survive the complete death of his brain? I will argue that the answer is no. No human organism can survive the loss of its irreplaceable parts. Hence, when an irreplaceable part is gone, whatever remains is not numerically identical with the organism that existed previously. If you were the original organism, then you do not survive as the residuum. In this paper I give an e...

Introducing the Minister of Health

Regulation to be discussed with minister.

The future of the Nursing and the Midwifery Council (NMC) was on the agenda when health minister Ben Bradshaw met RCN general secretary Peter Carter at the Labour Party conference this week.