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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.

Does the inverse care law medicalise a social issue?

The last 2 years have demonstrated that disease and mortality does discriminate by postcode, but some argue the ‘inverse care law’ is an ideological stance rather than a medical issue. Daniel Butler and Nigel Hart add to the debate over the question
7 December 2021
3 mins read

Some nebulous medical imagery

Have you ever looked at a cloud and seen the likeness of a cartoon character? This phenomenon is known as pareidolia. Laura Amarin and Camille Gajria tell us about pareidolia in medicine.
2 December 2021
2 mins read

Stop talking about resilience

How many times a day are we hearing the ‘R’ word in our lives? The request of healthcare staff to be r*******t at a time when primary care is assaulted daily by the British media and those in power is an insult.
30 November 2021
3 mins read

On social connection and the Covid-19 pandemic

Being able to connect to others, to find joy and meaning in a common purpose, is not an added extra but is the very stuff of human life. But what of the effects of the Covid pandemic? Johanna Reilly discusses her concerns.
29 November 2021
8 mins read

I had compassion fatigue

Hannah Milton shares her experience of compassion fatigue following being both a mum and a GP at the same time. She shares how she not only recovered, but how her recovery has left her now better able to empathise with patients.
25 November 2021
3 mins read

The doctor will see you now

The intense pressure GPs are constantly facing can at times feel like a landslide ready to take us under. Awais Ahmad reviews "The Doctor Will See You Now", which lifts the lid on it all.
22 November 2021
3 mins read
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Two epidemics revisited

Why does France seem to be so much better at protecting its population than the UK? Peter Toon reflects on his experience, and advises the Government to put some cheese as well as eggs in its basket.
16 November 2021
4 mins read

Cum vita caritas: a new lease of life

Amar Rughani reflects on the opportunities offered by retirement. A lifetime of service to the community has shaped who we are, so this is an opportunity to embrace that. The life to come could be the best yet.
8 November 2021
5 mins read

Goal-oriented case presentation for GP trainee education

Case presentations based on a problem-oriented system can function as a medium through which medical students gain a disease-focused viewpoint. Koki Kato and Junichiro Miyachi suggest that to change our viewpoint we should change our language.
5 November 2021
2 mins read

Validate yourself from within

Zakariya Goga reminds us that our legacy, wherever we work is woven in the fabric of our community and will be palpable for generations to come. So do not validate yourself by external references. Validate yourself from within.
3 November 2021
3 mins read

Book Review: Brain Fever. Professor Richard Moxon

We have all had the fear that that a child we had seen with a minor flu-like illness at 4pm might be terminally ill with meningococcal septicaemia before the day was over. Hugh Bethell reviews a book by Oxford Professor of Paediatrics
28 October 2021
3 mins read

Being a woman in a primary care world

Rubia Usman is a female GP from an ethnic minority. Her message is simple: "If you work hard and you are a woman you have the power. More power to you. This is (y)our time!"
27 October 2021
2 mins read
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Why GP2GP is my ‘bête noire’

A significant percentage of GP2GP transfers are not being successfully completed. Nigel Masters explains that a failure to get this right soon will see significant degradation of primary care medical notes.
21 October 2021
2 mins read
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