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BJGP Life

BJGP Life

The BJGP is the world-leading primary care journal. At BJGP Life we add multi-media comment and opinion for the primary care community.

Facing face-to-face

The role of a GP is not merely clinical management, but committing to a person-centred approach. Might the Covid-19 pandemic have caused us to lose some of that ‘real’ touch with our patients? Rabia Aftab enters the face to face consultation debate.
8 June 2021
3 mins read

GPDPR vs GDPR

GPDPR is a new initiative from NHS Digital to collect data held in GP medical records, to be available to third parties for research and planning. Unlike most other projects, patients have to actively opt out if they do not want their
4 June 2021
2 mins read
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Childhood trauma

Most children removed from their birth family have experienced multiple traumas. Hannah Milton finds that when talking to patients about anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship problems and difficulties with their own children’s behaviour, one her most useful history taking techniques is a simple
26 May 2021
1 min read
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Creating the ‘New different’

The pre-pandemic ‘old normal’ had been broken for a long time. Rather than seeking to develop a ‘new normal’ we should perhaps focus on creating a ‘new different’. 'How?', I hear you ask! Well ...
25 May 2021
4 mins read

Book review: The Migrant Diaries

'The Migrant Diaries is the most powerful, moving, and informative account I have come across of the worldwide migrant/refugee crisis ... ' — Dougal Jeffries reviews Dr Lynne Jones latest novel, The Migrant Diaries.
22 May 2021
4 mins read

New Forms: Identifying GPness through Plato

What is it to be a GP? Many are keen to tell us what extra tasks we should be doing. Sati Heer-Stavert suggests we go back to Plato's theory of forms to reflect on what GPness actually means.
20 May 2021
3 mins read

Rethinking trust: the role of the WISE GP

The upheavals of the last year have meant that trust needs to be managed differently. Joanne Reeve examines the role of both 'scientia' and 'caritas' in the doctor / patient relationship.
18 May 2021
3 mins read

Tackling pain with exercise – It’s Your Move

Evidence suggests that exercise is the most likely intervention to help people living with pain. Encouraging people with pain to exercise has always been considered a challenge. Chris Davis describes an innovative project that shows us how this can be done.
12 May 2021
2 mins read

Whose time is it anyway?

We become accustomed as GPs to time being broken up into 10-minute blocks. Time, what was once fluid, is now a regimented 'slot', but to the patient the consultation extends beyond its walls. Exploring the perception of time from both the clinician
11 May 2021
3 mins read
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Developing trust: More than communication skills

Trust is an essential part of the doctor–patient relationship, but how is it formed, nurtured, and perhaps most importantly, broken? Dr Sheena Sharma writes openly on her own experience of trust, both as a GP and a patient, and at an individual
4 May 2021
3 mins read
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