TY - JOUR T1 - Unsettled forums for unsettled times: a plea for collegiality in public debate JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 169 LP - 169 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X719081 VL - 72 IS - 717 AU - Andrew Papanikitas Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/717/169.abstract N2 - I have argued before that general practice needs unsettled spaces, where differences of opinion can be aired, taboo topics can be broached, concerns can be raised and addressed, and orthodoxies challenged.1 This particularly applied to the topic of medical ethics at conferences: the obligate concern with good and bad, right and wrong, professional and unprofessional implied that the ‘losing’ opinion would be dubbed ‘wrong’ and even prevailing ‘good’ views might provoke a moral panic from the public media. Conferences have a level of protection — you need a ticket of entry and there is a physical barrier to non-ticket holders. Just like closed online forums, however, there is communication with the wider world via the media, and any forum member who sees reason to share what they see, hear, or read.BJGP Life is a forum for opinion and debate, discussion, and viewpoints, and it is open to the … ER -