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BJGP Long Read - Page 11

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

Shame: healthcare’s unmeasurable undertows

Shame, a near-universal accompaniment of human compromise, often generates major distress, yet rarely finds direct language. How, then, do doctors – now so often seen as ‘fixers’ – deal with such an elusive problem? Read David Zigmond's latest masterclass.
14 October 2021
9 mins read

The chaos of Covid in Myanmar

It’s hard to understand the actions of a leadership that attacks doctors and nurses at the peak of a pandemic, but that is what is happening in Myanmar ...
22 September 2021
9 mins read

Listening to connect in the digital consultation

COVID-19 has accelerated the uptake of digital consultations. But rather than focus on form, perhaps our attention should fall to how the content of consultations has changed. Dr Clare Etherington and Dr Liliana Risi explore this in detail and suggest that 'digital
12 July 2021
5 mins read
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An infodemic during the Pandemic

The current pandemic has brought with it an "infodemic" of misinformation. A crisis is the time to show resilience, rely on collective wisdom, and refrain from a panic response. As a society we need to create more room for reason and access
22 March 2021
8 mins 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

Salting the Earth

2020 has been a distressing year for UK doctors for many reasons. John Frey reminds us that it's no better across the pond.
18 December 2020
4 mins read

BJGP Long Read: Mistakes and responsibilities

Peter Aird is a GP in Bridgwater, Somerset. This week I recalled a study day that I went to some years ago. Suitably interactive, involving a variety of teaching styles and fully addressing a personally relevant learning need, it was the best
10 December 2019
8 mins read

BJGP Long Read: Healthcare’s hole in the heart

David Zigmond was a small practice GP in south London 1977-2016. Read Obituary for St James Church Surgery: the death of a practice. Can we have value for money and not lose our humanity?  Our lives lengthen, our population increases, our expectations
19 November 2019
9 mins read
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