Author: CauseHealth

Reflection by Stephen Mumford on N=1 

The CauseHealth project is one of the most exciting things in which I’ve been involved. I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of it almost from the start. Continue reading “Metaphysics Matters”

Reflection by Matthew Low on N=1

The CauseHealth meeting in January generated a lively and focussed debate surrounding a number of matters, all pertaining to the challenges of person-centred care. Continue reading “Bridging the gap….”

Reflections by Adam Bjerre on N=1

The CauseHealth workshop at NMBU was a very different kind of workshop than I was used to as a practising and basically mechanistically trained physiotherapist. The gathering was much more abstract, more reflective and still tremendously engaging and relevant. It occurred to me how much the workshop highlighted the problem that still seems to haunt the medical sciences as well as the sciences in general, but the natural sciences in particular: the role of meaning in a material world or more precisely how (local, not global) meaning can be causally efficacious. Continue reading “The role of meaning in (medical) science”

Reflection by Jonathan Fuller on N=1

The final session of the CauseHealth N = 1 workshop explored prediction in medicine; it involved me and Alex Broadbent. Alex previously pointed out that the topic of prediction has scarcely been explored by philosophers, let alone the topic of prediction in epidemiology or medicine. Yet predictions are absolutely crucial for the practice of medicine. Continue reading “Prediction in medicine: philosophical reflections”

Reflection by Chris Worsfold on N=1

What singular question could be more pressing for clinicians today: how do we prepare the way for the return of the P-E-R-S-O-N in contemporary healthcare amidst rife healthcare commodification and the mechanical one-size-fits-all approach that is EBM? Continue reading “Learn to stop worrying and love Evidence Based Medicine”

Reflection by Frank Zenker on N=1

Interesting, stimulating, in fact fun, if passing so very quickly! What struck me most about the n=1 workshop was the insight, itself completely new to me, that causal relations relevant to individual human health might have to be formulated not, or not only, at the micro-biological and the quantum-physical level, but also, and perhaps especially, at the social level Continue reading “Social causes?”

Reflection by Tobias Lindstad on N=1

Philosophers often argue that it is virtuous to be informed by psychology. Psychologists however, might accept philosophy as a source of inspiration, but may only reluctantly admit being informed by it.  Continue reading “If statistics don’t get me, then what?”

Reflections by Junaid Hassan on N=1

I am a PhD in systems microbiology. Academically, the only link between N=1 Conference and my background is my M. Phil. thesis, wherein I used dynamic modelling to elucidate and critically examine bio-psychological theories of anxiety-related disorders. I developed interest in this field due to my anxious brain, which has to be managed through medication. N=1, thus, was not just another conference for me, but a discussion of my personal problem. Continue reading “A somewhat well-informed patient’s thoughts”

Reflection by Anne Rose Røsbak Feragen on N=1

Some people hold on to a romantic understanding of the professional, maintaining that there is a je ne sais quoi that separates the good professionals and the best. Continue reading “Articulating professional discretion”

Reflection by Roger Kerry on N=1

Having different disciplines discuss matters of common importance is not necessarily an easy task. Continue reading “Looking forward, together”