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Amateur status?

Amateur status? Professor John Dundee OBE MD PhD FRCP FFARCS FCAnaes units that the efficacy of such Obituary subjects as acupuncture can Honorary membership of the possibly be ascertained. So he BMA5 is a measure not only of was understandably irritated to our esteem, but of our friendship. find that his results on the anti­ So it is with a very real sense of emetic effects of acupuncture loss that we have to report the were derided by certain of the sudden death, on 1st December anaesthetic hierarchy, who 1991, of john Dundee, Emeritus claimed that he should not be Professor of Anaesthetics of The wasting his time on such stuff! I Queen's University, Belfast. remember his complaining at an He was a great enthusiast for anaesthetic meeting, "I have research, keen to have papers proved that acupuncture is published in the popular medical highly effective as a post­ journals, particularly the BMj and operative anti-emetic. Why are Lancet, so that everyone should you not using it?" have a chance to act on findings he thought were As a "larger than life" medical character, he was in important. Indeed, over his 30+ years as an demand at meetings of many societies. My favourite academic anaesthetist he had had one or two papers memory was of a paper he presented at the published in these journals every year - a major Association of Dental Anaesthetists, whose achievement in itself, but also an indication of the presidency he was due to assume in 1992, entitled quality and popular interest of his research. So, "Sexual fantasies under Midazolam sedation" - an when he turned his attention to acupuncture, he hilarious paper, but one that had great practical brought all the skills of a highly respected academic importance. clinician. We extend our deep sympathy to his family. He felt very strongly that it is only through Indeed, we will all miss his enthusiasm and drive ­ thorough investigation by good university research medicine will be the poorer without him. Letter to the Editor Amateur status? and choose which technique and therapies are appropriate to the individual case. Dear Sir Quality must be involved not only with numbers The Editor, who does such a marvellous job with the but with the extent of training and experience. This journal, accused BMA5 members at the May 1991 anaesthetist/pain specialist, etc, etc, resents being AGM in York, of being "Part Time Acupuncturists" called an amateur acupuncturist! as most of us can manage only two or three sessions Yoursfaithfully, a week on acupuncture. Come now: doctors by the nature of their training Dr Eve M Pitt MB ChB DA FFARCS and calling concern themselves almost by definition (Member BMAS, BSMDH, and Assoc Fac Hom) with many techniques and therapies. 27 Morlich Crescent, Dalgety Bay, Fife. A doctor may be a surgeon: he may work as a vascular surgeon, a generalist, urologist or whatever. Thank you for your kind comments. I entirely accept An anaesthetist may be a member of several sub­ your point as being very valid in a medical context. speciality societies depending on his/her special However, my anxiety is that there must be a certain interests. Thus one may be an obstetric anaesthetist, minimum level of practice below which, although an intensivist, a pain specialist, an acupuncturist, remaining competent, one cannot achieve and and several more. One can practice several arts and maintain the expertise necessary to be regarded as a crafts and surely still call oneself a vascular specialist. anaesthetist, a pain specialist, even an acupuncturist a-nd it is understood that as a doctor one will assess Editor http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Amateur status?

Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 9 (2): 1 – Jan 1, 1991

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SAGE
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© 1991 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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0964-5284
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1759-9873
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10.1136/aim.9.2.85-a
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Abstract

Professor John Dundee OBE MD PhD FRCP FFARCS FCAnaes units that the efficacy of such Obituary subjects as acupuncture can Honorary membership of the possibly be ascertained. So he BMA5 is a measure not only of was understandably irritated to our esteem, but of our friendship. find that his results on the anti­ So it is with a very real sense of emetic effects of acupuncture loss that we have to report the were derided by certain of the sudden death, on 1st December anaesthetic hierarchy, who 1991, of john Dundee, Emeritus claimed that he should not be Professor of Anaesthetics of The wasting his time on such stuff! I Queen's University, Belfast. remember his complaining at an He was a great enthusiast for anaesthetic meeting, "I have research, keen to have papers proved that acupuncture is published in the popular medical highly effective as a post­ journals, particularly the BMj and operative anti-emetic. Why are Lancet, so that everyone should you not using it?" have a chance to act on findings he thought were As a "larger than life" medical character, he was in important. Indeed, over his 30+ years as an demand at meetings of many societies. My favourite academic anaesthetist he had had one or two papers memory was of a paper he presented at the published in these journals every year - a major Association of Dental Anaesthetists, whose achievement in itself, but also an indication of the presidency he was due to assume in 1992, entitled quality and popular interest of his research. So, "Sexual fantasies under Midazolam sedation" - an when he turned his attention to acupuncture, he hilarious paper, but one that had great practical brought all the skills of a highly respected academic importance. clinician. We extend our deep sympathy to his family. He felt very strongly that it is only through Indeed, we will all miss his enthusiasm and drive ­ thorough investigation by good university research medicine will be the poorer without him. Letter to the Editor Amateur status? and choose which technique and therapies are appropriate to the individual case. Dear Sir Quality must be involved not only with numbers The Editor, who does such a marvellous job with the but with the extent of training and experience. This journal, accused BMA5 members at the May 1991 anaesthetist/pain specialist, etc, etc, resents being AGM in York, of being "Part Time Acupuncturists" called an amateur acupuncturist! as most of us can manage only two or three sessions Yoursfaithfully, a week on acupuncture. Come now: doctors by the nature of their training Dr Eve M Pitt MB ChB DA FFARCS and calling concern themselves almost by definition (Member BMAS, BSMDH, and Assoc Fac Hom) with many techniques and therapies. 27 Morlich Crescent, Dalgety Bay, Fife. A doctor may be a surgeon: he may work as a vascular surgeon, a generalist, urologist or whatever. Thank you for your kind comments. I entirely accept An anaesthetist may be a member of several sub­ your point as being very valid in a medical context. speciality societies depending on his/her special However, my anxiety is that there must be a certain interests. Thus one may be an obstetric anaesthetist, minimum level of practice below which, although an intensivist, a pain specialist, an acupuncturist, remaining competent, one cannot achieve and and several more. One can practice several arts and maintain the expertise necessary to be regarded as a crafts and surely still call oneself a vascular specialist. anaesthetist, a pain specialist, even an acupuncturist a-nd it is understood that as a doctor one will assess Editor

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