Dod101 wrote:I have watched some of the Dr Campbell stuff. We seem to have established that he is not a medical doctor for a start so I have no idea whether we can place any credence on what he tells us.
Dr. Campell is a proper doctor, i.e., someone with a doctorate — a PhD, not a medical practitioner who is allowed to call himself a "doctor" by the back door without having done a research-based degree.
From Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(nurse)Campbell received a diploma in nursing from the University of London and Bachelor of Science in biology from the Open University. He subsequently earned a Master of Science in health science from the University of Lancaster and a Ph.D. in nursing education from the University of Bolton.
To earn a PhD, he will have had to have undertaken original research and will have personally added to the world's wealth of knowledge — something that most medical "doctors" will not have done. He is the author of the ebook, "Campbell's Physiology Notes For Nurses" https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Campbell%27s+Physiology+Notes+For+Nurses-p-9780470032411 as well as a couple of free-to-download ebooks.
Credibility comprises at least two factors: knowledge and intelligence. It is possible to have encyclopedic knowledge and apply it in a formulaic manner without understanding any of it (like a computer program), and it is possible to know less but understand more, be open to new ideas and research, and to work things out for oneself. I have come across medical "doctors" of the "it should, therefore it does, and it shouldn't, therefore it doesn't" brigade who insist, "it doesn't do that" when it clearly does. I trust Dr. John Campbell far more than I trust any of these.
Competence is far more important than qualification.
Julian F. G. W.