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Raymond Tallis
Raymond Tallis trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ Hospital London before becoming Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He was el...ver maisRaymond Tallis trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ Hospital London before becoming Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his research in clinical neuroscience and he has played a key role in developing guidelines for the care of stroke patients in the UK. From 2011–14 he was Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying.
He retired from medicine in 2006 to become a full-time writer. His books have ranged across many subjects – from philosophical anthropology to literary and cultural criticism – but all are characterised by a fascination for the infinite complexity of human lives and the human condition. The Economist’s Intelligent Life magazine lists him as one of the world’s leading polymaths.ver menos
Livros de Raymond Tallis
Why the Mind Is Not a Computer: A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology Logos: The mystery of how we make sense of the world Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasOf Time and Lamentation: Reflections on Transience Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasNHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Freedom: An Impossible Reality Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasSeeing Ourselves: Reclaiming Humanity from God and Science Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasHippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas3/5The Mystery of Being Human: God, Freedom and the NHS Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notas