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Raymond Tallis
Raymond Tallis trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ Hospital London before becoming Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He was el...view moreRaymond Tallis trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ Hospital London before becoming Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his research in clinical neuroscience and he has played a key role in developing guidelines for the care of stroke patients in the UK. From 2011–14 he was Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying.
He retired from medicine in 2006 to become a full-time writer. His books have ranged across many subjects – from philosophical anthropology to literary and cultural criticism – but all are characterised by a fascination for the infinite complexity of human lives and the human condition. The Economist’s Intelligent Life magazine lists him as one of the world’s leading polymaths.view less
Books by Raymond Tallis
Logos: The mystery of how we make sense of the world Why the Mind Is Not a Computer: A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Of Time and Lamentation: Reflections on Transience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFreedom: An Impossible Reality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeeing Ourselves: Reclaiming Humanity from God and Science Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mystery of Being Human: God, Freedom and the NHS Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings