Yeah, because when you break your leg your first thought is always to
call for a pretentious French philosopher rather than an ambulance ...

Quoting "Hodgson, Julian" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Ah, Foucault, where are you now that we need you?
> Julian Hodgson
> Wishaw General
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dobson, Malcolm
> Sent: 22 August 2006 09:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Interesting article - cochrane library is "fascist"???
>
> "How many people would say postmodernism saved their life? "
>
> A particularly inane comment - do you think that anything that doesn't 'save
> lives' is worthless? & given that health care is starting to consider the
> benefits of art & culture on people's well-being, how do you know that
> post-modernism hasn't saved lives?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Michele Hilton Boon
> Sent: 21 August 2006 16:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Interesting article - cochrane library is "fascist"???
> Absolute bunkum.  It is totally inappropriate to compare the Cochrane
> collaboration, based on international cooperation for the common good, to
> fascism.  The Guardian article makes this point brilliantly in its
> conclusion.
>
> Evidence-based medicine started life as a very necessary counter-discourse -
> rather like postmodern theory in academia.  Successful counter-discourses
> always become dominant discourses or are absorbed into same - as postmodern
> theorists should know.  However, EBM actually serves a useful purpose on
> earth.  How many people would say postmodernism saved their life?  (If this
> describes you, please contact Jerry Springer post-haste.)
>
> Rant over, turning my back on the ivory tower once more.
>
> Michele
> --
> Michele Hilton Boon
> Information Officer
> SIGN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allott Chrissy
> Sent: 21 August 2006 16:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Interesting article - cochrane library is "fascist"???
> Heil Cochrane?
> Chrissy Allott
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