This article reviews the evolving literature on professionals in public service organizations. It
then presents two contemporary, but alternative, narratives of public service reform, that of “…

Whilst parallels have been drawn between Long Covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic
fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), there is a well-documented history of negative stereotyping …

Science is not always plain sailing and sometimes the voyage is across an angry sea. A recent
clinical trial of treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (the PACE trial) has whipped up a …

Objective: Despite the growing evidence of physiological and cellular abnormalities in myalgic
encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), there has been a strong impetus …

Cognitive behavioural therapy is increasingly promoted as a treatment for chronic fatigue
syndrome. There is limited research on informed consent using cognitive behavioural therapy …

Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a contested illness
category. This paper investigates the common claim that patients with ME/CFS—and by …

Many CFS patients report that they wish to be cared for by GPs in primary care, rather than
psychiatrists in specialist centres. CFS patients ranked the professionals they want to manage …

The American Psychiatric Association’s, 2013 DSM-5 abandoned the use of the term ‘medically
unexplained symptoms’ for non-neurological disorders. In the UK, treatments for various …

Geraghty in the year 2016, outlines a range of controversies surrounding publication of
results from the PACE trial and discusses a freedom of information case brought by a patient …

Background Haemorrhoidectomy in Crohn’s disease is controversial due to fears over poor
wound healing leading to proctectomy. We aim to review the available literature and …