I've written a number of pieces for Spiked, the on-line, ballsy, current affairs magazine. They range from cot death to a compassion crisis, from smoking bans to snooping and policing ... ....
I'm a writer/researcher and a retired nurse. I worked in the NHS for over 30 years – as a nurse, midwife, specialist heath visitor and senior manager. I've also worked as a charity fundraiser. I retain a keen interest in the politics of health and illness in the developing and developed world. I have a specific interest in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) with an associated website: www.shiftingsands.org.uk. Contact me at bridthehir@gmail.com
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Friday, 24 January 2014
Abortion: an automatic right?
Abortion is rarely out of the news these days. Although legal in most of the UK (it is not legal in Northern Ireland) since the 1967 Abortion Act, its availability remains contentious.
Friday, 17 January 2014
Infant determinism
An ‘enforced caesarean’ and adoption story recently dominated media headlines. But the grounds for allowing the child to be placed for adopted are based on contestable theory – infant determinism.
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