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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

In relying on a limited and necessarily technical professional vocabulary, we often deny ourselves precisely those tools which would help us understand and treat our patients’ difficulties, and indeed our own, muses Ben Hoban
2 September 2023
2 mins read
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‘We want them infected’ by Jonathan Howard

But being on one pole of a restrictions-versus-protections continuum is a long way from swallowing undiluted anti-vax Kool-Aid, isn’t it? ... Surely, being lukewarm on masking doesn’t mean you’re going to deny the evidence on vaccines?
23 August 2023
5 mins read
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Book review: Understanding Allergy

"Understanding Allergy is a book that I think will have a profound effect on my practice as a GP. It is packed full of interesting facts but crucially, it also does exactly what it says on the tin — it helps you
19 August 2023
6 mins read

How to say goodbye at the end of life

This short book of handwritten text and drawings from life is useful for anyone involved with the process of dying and death. It takes less than 15 minutes to read the text and illustrations but you will probably want to read it
26 July 2023
1 min read

Stolen focus: why you can’t pay attention

In his new book, Johann Hari, mindful of his own and his family’s inability to be fully present, addicted to technology and exhausted (and hating it) starts to explore the reasons why we have are all struggling to focus.
23 July 2023
5 mins read

The Oxford handbook of medical ethics and law

It is a brief and easily searchable quick reference. and it covers key ethical tools to think through a case and it covers key aspects of the law as well as a variety of practice specific situations, but has an interesting flaw...
24 June 2023
3 mins read
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Hags: The demonisation of middle-aged women

I find Smith’s rage to be energising and I do not think that those of us who grew up before Smith during second wave feminism in the 1970s can sit this one out. To have the case for the importance of biological
10 June 2023
5 mins read

Bringing down Goliath, by Jolyon Maugham KC

This is Jolyon Maugham: erstwhile homeless teenager, rags-to-riches tax lawyer, agitator, social media influencer and King’s Counsel with attitude. His arguments about why societal conflicts increasingly need legal recourse deserve careful scrutiny. The profession needs to understand his playbook.
4 June 2023
5 mins read

How to teach economics to your dog

We all need to enjoy learning about society from time to time (emphasis on enjoy). However, many of the concepts discussed in this book have a direct bearing on policy and practice in relation to primary care.
6 May 2023
2 mins read

‘Dahlia and Carys’ by Hastie Salih

‘Dahlia and Carys’ can be read simply as a romantic thriller with kidnapping, daring rescues from active war zones and theft of antiquities. However, its strength lies in its exploration of some hard-hitting contemporary issues including sexuality, the fear engendered by the
29 April 2023
1 min read
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Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey

My assumption was of a middle class journalist parachuting in to a deprived area and reporting through his own middle class lens. How wrong I was – this is actually the extraordinarily reflective work of a man who grew up with poverty
8 April 2023
7 mins read
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Book review: Building Blocks in Paediatrics

"Building Blocks in Paediatrics builds bridges. It builds a bridge between the everyday presentation of undifferentiated childrens’ problems and the core of paediatric medicine." - David Misselbrook reviews Building Blocks in Paediatrics edited by Alfred Nicholson and Kevin Dunne ...
1 April 2023
2 mins read

At the Heart of the Universe: a novel by Samuel Shem

Shem is a pseudonym for an American psychiatrist who adopted his daughter with his wife. Whilst his book is fictional, I could feel his real-life experience in the sensitivity of his insights. Adoptive parents can have a feeling of inadequacy and a
18 March 2023
2 mins read

Recovery, by Gavin Francis

I think it would be fair to say that none of my medical school curriculum was dedicated to the radical idea of convalescence... Instead from Day 1 we were taught the cutting edge of knowledge and skill to be able to take
11 March 2023
3 mins read
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