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Richard Alan John Asher FRCP (3 April 1912 – 25 April 1969) was an eminent British endocrinologist and haematologist. As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital [4] he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet .
The Seven Sins of Medicine, by Richard Asher, are a perspective on medical ethics first published in The Lancet in 1949.
26 Jan 2002 · In 1964, after the decision to transfer the care of patients on the mental observation ward to a psychiatrist, Richard Asher retired from medicine. He died 5 years later at the age of 57.
29 Apr 2016 · Richard Asher was a superb physician who changed medicine and psychiatry and left some important lessons that we still need to learn. One of the foremost medical thinkers of his time, his thinking was characterised by clear logical ideas.
13 Nov 2020 · I recently came across the work of Dr Richard Asher who described Munchausen's syndrome. 1 He was a giant of his time, a well-known English physician of the 1930–1960s who wrote broadly on various topics that intersected with clinical medicine.
10 Jun 2015 · A tribute to Richard Asher, an English physician and writer, who coined the term "Munchausen's Syndrome" and advocated for generalism and clarity in medicine. Learn about his life, work, style, and legacy from Seamus O'Mahony, a consultant physician in Cork.
This essay aims to stimulate a reawakening of interest in the writings of the physician Richard Asher (1912-1969), who is now best known for coining the term "Munchausen's syndrome." Asher's essays are as relevant now as when first published.
