Margaret McCartney je praktická lekárka so silným záujmom o dôkazy, profesionalitu, skríning a riziká. Začala písať pre tlač po tom, čo ju rozhorčil článok tvrdí, že CT skríning tela je spôsob, ako zostať zdravý. Jej práca, inšpirovaná túžbou po dôkladnom skúmaní lekárskych tém, sa objavila v popredných britských novinách a časopisoch, ako aj v odborných publikáciách. Prostredníctvom svojich textov spochybňuje bežné lekárske postupy a podporuje kritické myslenie u čitateľov.
Our ageing population is a modern success story, and success brings problems. The new demographic is for people to die in old age, or extreme old age, but with multiple illnesses and diagnoses, and on a cocktail of medication. But where is the balance of medicine between curing and caring?
Explaining the truth behind the screening statistics and investigating the evidence behind the hype, Margaret McCartney, an award-winning writer and doctor, argues that this patient paradox - too much testing of well people and not enough care for the sick - worsens health inequalities and drains professionalism.
In The State of Medicine, Margaret McCartney makes the case for an evidence- based healthcare system, cutting direct political control while reducing waste and increasing transparency, professionalism and vocation.