Edwin Stevens Lecture Explained

The Edwin Stevens Lecture, also known as the Edwin Stevens Lecture for the Laity or Stevens Lecture, are a series of lectures founded and named for Arthur Edwin Stevens in 1970.[1] [2] Stevens was a successful entrepreneur and member of the library section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London, where the lecture is held every year.[1] In 1967, a committee to discuss "lectures for the laity" was formed.[1] In 1970, at the request of the then president of the History of Medicine Society, Sir Terence Cawthorne, Stevens donated £2,000 a year for the first three years, as a trial.[1] [2] The lectures became successful and Stevens donated a further £50,000 in 1973 and made the lecture series permanent.[1]

Lectures

1970-1980

Years Lecture title Lecturer Comments Image
1970 'The one and the many': two lectures on ethical questions relating to the practice of medicine. Sir Michael WoodruffThis was the first lecture in the series.
1971 'Unreason in an age of reason'Griffith Edwards[3]
1972 'The Disease of Crime - Punishment Or Treatment?'Sir Robert Mark and Peter Scott[4]
1973 'The Doctor's Role - Truth or Mystery ? [and] The Doctor's Place in a Permissive Society'[5] MP Leo Abse took part in the subsequent discussion.[6]
1974 'Doctors and patients'[7]
1975 'Air pollution and public health – a personal appraisal'Patrick J. Lawther[8] Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, University of London He set up the Medical Research Council (MRC) air pollution unit at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School.[9]
1976 'On dying and dying well. Moral and spiritual aspects'[10] [11] Donald Coggan DD, Archbishop of Canterbury[12] Coggan was invited by the then president of the RSM, Gordon Wolstenholme. Coggan said in the lecture that it is "misleading to extend the term euthanasia to cover decisions not to preserve life by artificial means when it would be better for the patient to be allowed to die."[13] The lecture subsequently made headlines in the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Church Times, Universe, Catholic Herald and The Sunday Times.[14]
1977 'The future of our society'Jo Grimond[15]
1979 'Health at any price'[16]
1980 'Law, ethics and authority'

1981-1990

Years Lecture Lecturer Comments Image
1981'The Brandt report - restoring the health of the world economy'
1982'The hope of the disabled person'Gp Capt Leonard Cheshire VC & Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw
1983'Thoughts of a doctor's son'Cardinal Basil Hume
1985
1986'Cancer: a preventable disease?' In 1987, Doll's lecture was mentioned at a house of commons sitting discussing the association of smoking and lung cancer, when Edwina Currie quoted Doll as saying "scientists should take care to distinguish the advice they give that is based on incontrovertible evidence (such as the harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol and asbestos) from that which is based on their assessment of the most likely interpretation of the evidence such as the benefit from increasing the consumption of dietary fibre, vegetables and fruit."[17]
1987'AIDS'Sir Donald Acheson[18] Introduced by Sir Gordon Robson, president of the RSM.[19]
1988'The implications of genetic engineering for medical practice'
1989'Medical negligence - the mounting dilemma'John HavardBeing secretary of the British Medical Association and having qualified in law and medicine, Havard spoke on medical negligence.[20]
1990'Medical mumbo jumbo - traditional healers protecting their status'

1991-2000

Years Lecture Lecturer Comments Image
1991'Ecological hazards of climate change'
1992
1993'Euthanasia: Death, Dying and the medical duty'Ludovic Kennedy[21] In his lecture he quoted the Pope's views and described it as 'medieval in its thinking and barbaric in its lack of compassion'.[22]
1994'Mental illness and Society'Anthony Clare[23]
1995
1996'The defeat of deafness'In his mid-forties following an ear operation, he became deaf.[24]
1998'Human reproductive cloning- a look at the arguments against it and a rejection of most of them'Professor Raanan Gillon[25] At the time, head of the medical ethics unit of the Imperial College School of Medicine, Gillon evaluated the then popular rejection of human reproductive cloning.[26] [27]
2000

2001-2010

Years Lecture Lecturer Comments Image
2001'Safe surgery – the press, the politicians and the public'
2002'Advising on the Care of Patients with dementia'Professor David Jolley alt=
2003'Assisted Reproduction or Forced Conception: Where draw the line?'Professor Robert Winston, Lord Winston
2004'The origins of the NHS and future development 'Michael Portillo MP [28]
2005'Genetic Fingerprinting'
2006'Law, ethics and the genome'
2007'Mishaps in Medicine: will we ever learn?'Professor Sir John Lilleyman
2008'The Medical Profession in the 21st Century'
2009'Fairness in end of life care: quality, quantity or both?
2010'Balancing cost and effectiveness in healthcare'[29]

2011-2021

Years Lecture Lecturer Comments Image
2011'Pancreatic Cancer: challenges and hopes'[30]
2012'Dementia'
2013'A journey through your prostate'
2014'The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine' Professor Anders Hamsten
2015'Bio-Materials: an Armamentarium in Surgical Reconstruction, Innovations and Solutions'
2016'Medical Ethics'
2017'Skin cancer and sun addiction' Dr Christopher Rowland Payne
2018'Harnessing the gastrointestinal tract'Rachel Batterham[31]
2019'The NHS and Society'
2021'The future of surgical robotics, the future is surgical robotics?'Ben Challacombe[32] [33]
2022
2023

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hunting, Penelope. The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. 2002. 1-85315-497-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=hFNrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA395. 9. From endocrinology to primary health care. 395–396.
  2. Book: Previous Stevens Lecturers . 2019 . Royal Society of Medicine . Royal Society of Medicine archives.
  3. Web site: Professor Griffith Edwards, CBE . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202104421/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/ioppn/records/2012/october/professor-griffith-edwards-cbe . 2 December 2020 . 26 June 2021 . www.kcl.ac.uk . King’s College London.
  4. Book: Mark . Robert . Scott . Peter Duncan . The Disease of Crime - Punishment Or Treatment? . 1972 . Royal Society of Medicine . 978-0-9501555-3-1 . en.
  5. Book: The doctor's role - truth or mystery . 1974 . Royal Society of Medicine . 978-0-9501555-6-2 . 4182229 . English.
  6. Book: The Solicitors' Journal . 1973 . en.
  7. Krohn . P. L. . Solly Zuckerman Baron Zuckerman, of Burnham Thorpe, O. M., K. C. B. 30 May 1904-1 April 1993 . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 1995 . 41 . 577–598 . 10.1098/rsbm.1995.0034 . 770163 . 11615365 . 11499508 . 0080-4606. subscription.
  8. News: Professor Patrick Lawther: authority on environmental medicine . 26 June 2021 . en.
  9. Seaton, Anthony (November 1996)"Particles in the air: the enigma of urban air pollution". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol. 89, p. 604
  10. Coggan . H. D. . Edwin Stevens Lecture. On dying and dying well. Moral and spiritual aspects . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . February 1977 . 70 . 2 . 75–81 . 10.1177/003591577707000205 . 859817 . 1542954 . 0035-9157.
  11. Coggan . Donald . On Dying and Dying Well: Extracts from the Edwin Stevens Lecture . Journal of Medical Ethics . 1977 . 3 . 2 . 57–60 . 10.1136/jme.3.2.57 . 27715623 . 874979 . 1154555 . 0306-6800.
  12. Richardson . J . Edwin Stevens Lecture. On dying and dying well. Medical aspects. . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . February 1977 . 70 . 2 . 71–73 . 10.1177/003591577707000203 . 859815 . 1542931 . 0035-9157.
  13. Jennett . B. . Letting vegetative patients die. . British Medical Journal . 28 November 1992 . 305 . 6865 . 1305–1306 . 10.1136/bmj.305.6865.1305 . 1303651 . 1883858 . 0959-8138.
  14. Book: Reynolds . L A . Tansey . E M. . Medical Ethics Education in Britain, 1963-1993 The History of Modern Biomedicine . 2007 . Wellcome trust centre . 978-085484-1134. 92–95 .
  15. Grimond . J . Edwin Stevens Lecture. The future of our society. . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . September 1977 . 70 . 9 . 602–610 . 10.1177/003591577707000903 . 0035-9157. 918080. 1543374 .
  16. Book: Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association . 1980 . 74–78 .
  17. Web site: Cancer Patients (Treatment and Care) (Hansard, 13 March 1987) . api.parliament.uk . 8 July 2021.
  18. https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/E19A95D4455A4D1B870ACFF9B8C5ED98/MS353.pdf "Papers of Sir Donald Acheson's
  19. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/014107688708000623 "Society news"
  20. News . British Medical Journal . 21 January 1989 . 298 . 6667 . 141–142 . 2493833 . 1835505 . 0959-8138. Delamothe . T. . 10.1136/bmj.298.6667.141 .
  21. Book: Keown . John . Euthanasia Examined: Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives . 1997 . Cambridge University Press . 0-521-45141-8 . 97 . https://books.google.com/books?id=1KcVOUhGDkoC&pg=PA97 . en . 9. Extracts from the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics.
  22. Euthanasia: Death, Dying and the Medical Duty . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . December 1996 . 89 . 722–723 . 10.1177/014107689608901222 . 73819177 . free .
  23. Book: Kelly . Brendan . Houston . Muiris . Psychiatrist in the Chair: The Official Biography of Anthony Clare . 2020 . Merrion Press . Co. Kildare . 978-1-78537-331-2 . 253 . en.
  24. Stoke . Lord Ashley Of . The Defeat of Deafness . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . April 1997 . 90 . 4 . 183–186 . 10.1177/014107689709000402 . 9155750 . 1296212 . en . 0141-0768.
  25. Gillon . Raanan . Human reproductive cloning-a look at the arguments againstit and a rejection of most of them . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . 1 June 1998 . 92 . 1 . 3–12 . 10.1177/014107689909200103 . 10319028 . 1297029 . 10.1.1.916.279 .
  26. Book: Hench . Larry L. . Science, Faith And Ethics . 2001 . Imperial College Press . London . 1-86094-219-9 . 144 . en.
  27. Web site: Lords Chamber - Wednesday 28 April 1999 - Hansard - UK Parliament . hansard.parliament.uk . 5 July 2021 . en.
  28. Web site: Michael Portillo • The Official Website • Gallery • . www.michaelportillo.co.uk . 5 July 2021.
  29. Web site: Stevens Lecture: Balancing Cost and Effectiveness in Healthcare · British Universities Film & Video Council . bufvc.ac.uk . 29 June 2021.
  30. Web site: Pancreatic Cancer: Challenges and Hopes - ecancer . ecancer.org . 29 June 2021 . en.
  31. Web site: Professor Rachel Batterham Obesity Update . www.obesityupdate.org . 26 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626080634/https://www.obesityupdate.org/programme-committee/professor-rachel-batterham/ . 26 June 2021.
  32. Web site: The future of surgical robotics, the future is surgical robotics? 2021 Stevens lecture . www.rsm.ac.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626142211/https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/public-engagement/2020-21/pep55/. 26 June 2021. 26 June 2021 . en-gb.
  33. Web site: 2021 Stevens Lecture: The future of surgical robotics; the future is surgical robotics? . youtube . 26 June 2021 . en.

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