 | Michael Fitzpatrick is a general practitioner and writer. He writes on a wide range of medical and political subjects, including epidemics, addictions and health scares for both medical publications and the mainstream media. His books include The Tyranny of Health: doctors and the regulation of lifestyle (2001), MMR and Autism: what parents need to know (2004) and Defeating Autism: a damaging delusion (2009).
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Monday 12 October 2009, 6.00pm Foyles Charing Cross Road
Age of Autism: rethinking 'normal'
Sunday 1 November 2009, 5.30pm Courtyard Gallery
Is the NHS institutionally ageist?
Defeating Austism: a damaging delusion (Routledge, 2008)
MMR and Autism (Routledge, 2004)
The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle (Routledge, 2000)
"The Battle of Ideas goes from strength to strength. The intensity, variety and depth of debate, sustained for an entire weekend, makes for a unique experience charging the intellectual batteries for the rest of the year."
Raymond Tallis, emeritus professor of geriatric medicine, Manchester University
