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Book review/Opinion

On ‘On Bullshit’ and the removal of nutrition from words

Can a statement be a lie if if its author does not know (or want to know) that they are lying? John Spicer reviews an intriguing little book 'On Bullshit.'

17 May 2022
7 mins read
Coronavirus/Opinion

Should there be preferential healthcare for healthcare workers?

Vasumathy Sivarajasingam argues that improving healthcare for healthcare workers might improve the overall healthcare service as well as the welfare and morale of those who work for it

6 April 2022
6 mins read
BJGP Long Read/Opinion

The stoic GP

Stoic philosophy was based on the recognition that we cannot escape what is destined for us. An acceptance of inevitability has a number of implications for working as a GP. Austin O'Carroll wrestles with fate.

26 March 2022
12 mins read
BJGP Long Read/Opinion

Ethics and toxic high-workload work environments

Martin Hewett argues that because of their understanding of their “duty of care”, doctors make micro-adjustments to their behaviours and work practices to cope with the increased work. This acceptance of the increased workload has two main effects: it sets a new

10 March 2022
15 mins read
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BJGP Long Read/Opinion

Southgate’s Sign

When you are with a patient and you get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, accompanied by a wish that you were somewhere else, then you are probably facing an ethical problem, writes Peter Toon

9 March 2022
8 mins read
Coronavirus/Opinion

The ethics of self-isolation

Peter Toon reflects that removal of mandatory isolation will mean that those who have COVID take on the ethical responsibility for the protection of others. It's complicated...

23 February 2022
8 mins read
Opinion

Should medical opinion of doctors be banned from Twitter?

Samar Razaq reflects on truth, medical opinion and the scholarship in the age of Twitter.

20 February 2022
5 mins read
2
BJGP Long Read/International

How can we understand illness? Phenomenology and the pillar of person-centred care

Koki Kato introduces us to phenomenology as an approach to understanding patient-centred care, using his own illness-experience as a worked example.

19 February 2022
15 mins read
1
Opinion

The Second Reading of The Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords: A critique

Matthew Davis and Ana Worthington argue that the arguments in favour of the recent Assisted Dying Bill at its second reading in the UK House of Lords are based on flawed evidence

18 February 2022
9 mins read
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BJGP Long Read/Opinion

Physician-assisted dying and why general practitioners all need to take a view

Helen Burn explains that because legalised physician-assisted dying would likely involve GPs, GPs should think about their views on the issue.

17 February 2022
10 mins read
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BJGP Long Read/International/Opinion

Moral distress and euthanasia: what, if anything, can doctors learn from vets?

Felicitas Selter, Kirsten Persson, and Gerald Neitzke discuss the similarities and differences in animal and human euthanasia as a source of moral distress for the practitioner.

16 February 2022
13 mins read
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BJGP Long Read/Opinion

A note on the ethics of the ordinary in primary healthcare

Andrew Papanikitas, Peter Toon, Paquita De Zulueta, David Misselbrook and John Spicer launch the Ethics of the Ordinary column and reflect on the field of primary care ethics and its relevance

14 February 2022
11 mins read
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