I am not a nurse, or an LAS, or a Doctor, in fact I work in the arts. I love Tom's blog, it's one of the first I found and I read it all the time. I read it and appreciate it because it is well-written, thoughtful and stimulating in that it often opens my eyes to issues I had not considered, or highlights nuances that I had not previously been aware of. I also appreciate it because it does not claim to be the ONLY truth, or the ONLY perspective on anything. It is passionate, but it is also objective. I went to Dr C via this blog once or twice but found him biased, subjective and downright unreasonable. So that's why I don't bother reading him and applaud Tom's decision. I worry for the man's patients given his lack of patience.