Talk:Patrick Holford/Comments
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My name is Catherine Collins. I am, and have been a Registered Dietitian in the UK since 1983. I object to the personal and vitriolic attack on me by Patrick Holford within his wiki entry, and request it is amended.
I welcome my name being cited as critical of Holfords approach to nutrition, and wish to keep my concerns listed. I object to the following statement on two counts: "Holford has dismissed the allegations as the product of “professional jealousy”. He writes that "[t]his girl hasn't suffered. She's got better and is behaving better. Her parents are delighted with the results. It's only Catherine Collins who is not."
1. I have no need to be 'professionally jealous' of Patrick Holford. This is a slur on my professional practice as a UK legally regulated RD working within a London tertiary teaching hospital, challenging Mr Holfords unorthodox and poorly scientific approach to a vulnerable group within the population. I request that this comment be removed, despite it giving insight into the personality of Mr Holford.
2. Mr Holford was the recipient of detailed correspondence and verbal communication stating concerns of dietitians at St Georges Hospital regarding management of a particular child. His comments are disingenuous, and are quoted freely in the knowledge that for the RDs of St Georges Hospital to retaliate would breach the code of patient confidentiality that all dietitians must work within.
Attempts to correct entriesand provide a more NPOV have been quickly replaced by pro-Holford wikipedians, who are not permitting such an approach.
90.192.37.105 22:01, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
