BJGP Life – Page 44

Book review: The Leadership Hike — to a WISE destination?

"For those embarking on new fellowships, The Leadership Hike will provide a valuable reference source" — Prof Joanne Reeve reviews The Leadership Hike by Amar Rughani and Joanna Bircher, a new insightful book exploring the role of leadership in primary care, and

23 January 2021

3 mins read

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BJGP Long Read

Hannah and Her Physician. Then and Now: What can we learn?

Surely, medicine has advanced greatly over the last 50 years? David Zigmond asks what have we lost in the relentless tide towards ever-greater specialisation and packaged healthcare.

22 January 2021

7 mins read

Coronavirus

The pandemic: An alternative view

Might the pandemic already be slowing down? Samar Razaq looks at the figures.

21 January 2021

3 mins read

BJGP Long Read

How can General Practice improve the mental health care experience of Black men in the UK?

In June 2020, the RCGP published a statement of solidarity acknowledging the enduring problem of structural racism and recognising the need for change in the form of tangible action. Julia Darko explores the problems and offers a practical way forward.

20 January 2021

5 mins read

Coronavirus

A Tale of Two Epidemics

Why have there been so many more Covid-19 deaths in the UK than in France? Peter Toon, with a foot in both countries, explores the reasons.

19 January 2021

3 mins read

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Coronavirus

Covid-19 Vaccine Available: Is this a side effect?

Though the COVID-19 vaccine is reported to have no side-effects, it's introduction has resulted in great anxiety and perhaps even anger for some. Dr Afiniki Akanet, GP and author, writes on the complex emotions felt by those who have been prioritised for

18 January 2021

4 mins read

Book review

Book review. Sacred Lives: An account of the history, cultural associations and social impact of epilepsy

Patients do not experience epilepsy as "just another illness". Graham Cooper reviews a book by Professor Ian Bone that helps us to understand epilepsy both a disease, but also as a patient's lived experience.

16 January 2021

1 min read

Opinion

EL CAPRICHO, GAUDI AND JUVENILLE ARTHRITIS

John Brooks takes us to a little known Gaudi building, El Capricho in Comillas, northern Spain. But were Gaudi's amazing powers of observation and creativity partly a result of his childhood arthritis?

15 January 2021

3 mins read

Opinion

Should Jean be given the money? a twitterpoll exploration of consent and patient centred care

In Oncology clinics, during Covid-19, patients usually have only one person with them and may be asked to make treatment decisions in a few minutes, often in a corridor. Alistair Appleby makes the case for “enhanced consent” with time, counselling and additional

14 January 2021

2 mins read

Videos

Chest X-ray for symptomatic lung cancer

Garth Funston talks about the role of chest X-ray in early lung cancer diagnosis and new research highlighting a potential source of delay of diagnosis.

13 January 2021

1 min read

Book review

Book review: Of Patient Bearing – A history of general practice in eight generations.

Raj Khanchandani reviews a book describing a family of eight generations of GPs. Quite a history, with some surprising parallels for us today.

13 January 2021

1 min read

Podcast·Videos

Episode 016: How quickly are people with symptomatic lung cancer getting a pre-diagnostic chest X-ray?

Dr Garth Funston talks about new research investigating how quickly people with symptomatic lung cancer had a pre-diagnostic chest X-ray.

12 January 2021

1 min read

Opinion

Each of Our Patients is Unique: The Limits of Biomedical Entities

Once the urgency of Covid is over, let us remember our core skill as GPs - listening to our patients. Charles Todd reminds us that every patient encounter is unique.

12 January 2021

3 mins read

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Coronavirus

The Middle Ground: Communication and Covid-19

The UK government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been slow, incompetent, and irresponsible, most notably in regards to delivering effective and realistic communication. Judith Dawson reflects on the current state of affairs, where far too many competent adults are choosing to

11 January 2021

3 mins read

Bright Ideas and Innovation

Mass vaccination drive through flu clinic in a pandemic- A proposed safe and efficient way to mass administer the new Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine

The MHRA has clarified that the Oxford AZ Covid vaccine does not require a 15 minute wait by the patient following vaccination. Dr William Ridsdill Smith and colleagues describe an innovative proposal for a drive through Covid vaccination clinic.

9 January 2021

2 mins read

Opinion

COVID-19 and the outstanding burden of undiagnosed cancer

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK was a dramatic reduction in both the number of Two Week Wait referrals being made by general practitioners, and the number of patients being diagnosed with and treated for cancer. The return now to baseline

8 January 2021

2 mins read

Opinion

Physical activity: is timing everything?

We all want 2021 to be a better year! It's not too late to make a new year's resolution. Prithvi Dixit and David Salman help us to get into a better exercise regime.

7 January 2021

8 mins read

Opinion

A catastrophic indifference to human need: the mental health crisis created by the DWP.

We hope for better things in 2021. But not everyone in our society is so hopeful. Mo Stewart argues that austerity measures, added to social policy reforms, are leading to those in greatest need now living in fear.

6 January 2021

3 mins read

Podcast·Videos

Episode 015: Identifying patients at risk of psychosis

Daniela Strelchuk and Prof Stan Zammit talk about their paper that explores the experiences of GPs in identifying patients at risk of psychosis.

5 January 2021

1 min read

Videos

Identifying people at risk of psychosis

Prof Stan Zammit and Daniela Strelchuk talk about people at risk of developing psychosis.

5 January 2021

1 min read

BJGP Long Read

Human contact: do we need it in medical practice?

Have rapid recent advances in IT, and the necessary Covid restrictions, rendered traditional face-to-face medical consultations largely redundant? David Zigmond shares two views on this and leaves us in no doubt about his own conclusions.

4 January 2021

8 mins read

BJGP Long Read

IMAGINE – Bolder language to address racism in the NHS

2020 has at least seen us start to tear down the weeds and thorns of racist power structures within our society and our profession. Roghieh Dehghan asks whether we have yet grasped the roots, and shows us how we might move forward

1 January 2021

5 mins read

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BJGP Long Read

The Longest March: Reflections during the early pandemic

2020 has been a grim year for patients and doctors alike. As we approach 2021, weary but hoping now to put our efforts into a mass vaccination program, John Travers, a GP registrar in Dublin, gives us his personal reflection on the

31 December 2020

8 mins read

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Opinion

Editorial comment: Looking back, looking forward

2020 - what a year! I will be glad to be rid of it. Over the next few days BJGP Life will be looking forwards, not just to a better 2021 but also to a better world.

31 December 2020

1 min read

Bright Ideas and Innovation

How to help patients transition to a healthy and sustainable plant-based diet

Helping patients transition to a plant-based diet may not only prevent an estimated 11 million annual deaths, but largely decrease the damage to the environment caused by meat and dairy farming. Here, Shireen Kassam and colleagues provide a list of advice on

30 December 2020

3 mins read

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Opinion

The MRCGP Recorded Consultation Assessment: Time to drop 10 minutes as standard?

Why do we continue to examine GP trainees at 10 minutes when the RCGP itself has called for longer GP consultations? Greg Irving and colleagues question the status quo.

29 December 2020

3 mins read

Book review

Book review: Island Dreams

Gavin Francis ia a GP and the best selling author of "Adventures in Human Being". Fiona Baskett reviews his latest book - just what we need to escape from the grim world of 2020.

28 December 2020

1 min read

Book review

Book Review: Sick Enough. A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating disorders.

On Boxing Day Serena Strickland reviews a book about the management of eating disorders.

26 December 2020

1 min read

Arts

A Christmas reflection

This Christmas let us join Professor Deborah Swinglehurst and her husband, Nicholas Edwards, as they present a Schubert lied that they have arranged for guitar and voice.

25 December 2020

1 min read

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Opinion

We wish you a merry Christmas!

The BJGP gets in the mood for Christmas! We wish for a happy and peaceful Christmas to all our readers.

25 December 2020

3 mins read

Opinion

Hobbies, work and stress

Jonathan Wells has had a busy and stressful year. He tells us how thinking differently about his time off has helped him to manage the stress of work.

24 December 2020

2 mins read

Opinion

It’s a wonderful GP Life: Part 2

It’s Christmas Eve and a disheartened Dr Scrooge has been considering resignation. But might his guardian angel, Clarence, be able to change his mind?

24 December 2020

4 mins read

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BJGP Long Read

The magic of medicine – The Inner Consultation revisited

We always knew that there was something a little bit magical about Roger Neighbour. Natasha Houghton and her colleagues explain all.

23 December 2020

8 mins read

Opinion

It’s a wonderful GP Life: Part 1

It's Christmas eve, and a dispirited Dr Scrooge is thinking of packing it all in. But might an unexpected visit change his perspective?

23 December 2020

3 mins read

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Bright Ideas and Innovation·Coronavirus

68-year-old GP worried about COVID-19 takes up smoking

Smoke bombs in cars, Channel 4 film crews, and depositing rocks in car parks — this is the bizarre story of James Douglas's research into the development of PPE.

22 December 2020

3 mins read

Videos

Media depictions of remote consulting in COVID-19

Prof Trish Greenhalgh and Gilly Mroz discuss findings from their study looking at how the media have portrayed remote consulting in different phases of the pandemic.

22 December 2020

1 min read

Opinion

A singular Christmas case

Nicholas Surridge brings us a case report about a remarkable case of vinyl-assisted Christmas psychotherapy.

22 December 2020

3 mins read

BJGP Long Read

Staying afloat: Swimming not Sinking. Can spending time in the greenhouse help get us through the clinical day?

Can pottering in the greenhouse mitigate against the toxic impact of work related stress upon our brains? Jane Roberts examines the evidence.

21 December 2020

9 mins read

Opinion

It was the week before Christmas….

David Misselbrook previews a bumper week for BJGP readers.

20 December 2020

2 mins read

Book review

Book review: Beneath the White Coat – Doctors, their minds and mental health. Clare Gerada

As doctors we know we are invincible and immortal, and if we're not we'd better hide it. John Spicer reviews Clare Gerada's important new book which looks underneath the white coat to examine what happens to human beings who happen to be

19 December 2020

2 mins read

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