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BJGP Long Read - Page 12

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

BJGP Long Read: People or Procedures?

Recent advances in genetic mapping herald some dramatically positive developments in hi tech healthcare. Yet this is paralleled by unprecedented ailing demoralisation and alienation within the service that will deliver these. How do we explain this discrepancy? What can we expect?
12 February 2018
12 mins read
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