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Book review: Finding the mother tree

Trish Greenhalgh suggests we learn from other disciplines about the folly of taking an overly reductive, one-variable-at-a-time view of the world and mistaking it for the highest form of science.
9 April 2022
3 mins read

What Happened to You?

Hannah Milton reviews "What Happened to You?" by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. The The book seeks to shift conversations away from “what is wrong with you?” to “what happened to you?”
16 December 2021
2 mins read

The doctor will see you now

The intense pressure GPs are constantly facing can at times feel like a landslide ready to take us under. Awais Ahmad reviews "The Doctor Will See You Now", which lifts the lid on it all.
22 November 2021
3 mins read
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Book Review: Brain Fever. Professor Richard Moxon

We have all had the fear that that a child we had seen with a minor flu-like illness at 4pm might be terminally ill with meningococcal septicaemia before the day was over. Hugh Bethell reviews a book by Oxford Professor of Paediatrics
28 October 2021
3 mins read

Book review: Saving Social Care by Neil Eastwood

The government has just announced a health and social care levy which is expected to raise £14bn a year. Of this, £1.8bn a year will go to social care. But will money alone fix the problems? Helen Burns reviews Saving Social Care
13 September 2021
3 mins read

Book review: Patients’ Emancipation: Towards Equality

Charlotte Williamson has been chair of the patient liaison group for the Royal College of General Practitioners, and is an expert in giving friendly but challenging feedback to our profession, making sure the patient's voice is heard. Roger Jones reviews her important
6 September 2021
3 mins read

Book Review: My Dark Vanessa

My Dark Vanessa is not an easy read, but any book that tackles the subject of abuse, sexual exploitation, victimhood, and coercive control is bound to be challenging ...
23 August 2021
1 min read
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Book review: Compassionate Leadership

John Gillies reviews a textbook on Compassionate Leadership, with the subtitle ‘sustaining wisdom, humanity and presence in health and social care.’ It might just be a book whose time has come.
18 August 2021
5 mins read
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Book review: Dr Samways writes to the Editor

Nigel Masters reviews "Dr Samways writes to the Editor: The Life and Times of an Exceptional Physician" by Tom Treasure. Samways was a remarkable 19th century General Practitioner who still holds lessons for us today.
16 August 2021
2 mins read

Book review: Unwell Women

'... this book helps to illuminate the feminist perspective on injustice in health care.' — Judith Dawson reviews Elinor Creghorn's new book 'Unwell Women', a history of the mistreatment, misdiagnoses, trauma, and neglect women have received in health care from Ancient Greece
3 July 2021
3 mins read

Book review: Lifeline by Dr Barry Monk

We are repeatedly told that we should learn from the airline industry in order to solve our perennial problems with patient safety. So why don't we? Why is the NHS so dysfunctional in its management? Henry Tegner's review of Barry Monk's important
14 June 2021
3 mins read

Book review: The Migrant Diaries

'The Migrant Diaries is the most powerful, moving, and informative account I have come across of the worldwide migrant/refugee crisis ... ' — Dougal Jeffries reviews Dr Lynne Jones latest novel, The Migrant Diaries.
22 May 2021
4 mins read
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