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Fine. Thanks.

What if we were to let the patient into our own inner world; of battling against the clock, the relentless stacking up of admin that occurs in real time as the consultation progresses ... the lack of time in our relationships at
11 March 2026
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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
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Can you spot a bully?

What comes to mind when you hear the word bully? Most likely the stereotype of an older child picking on a younger child. But it's important to think of other forms, like the bullying that occurs in our workplaces. Joel Brown explores
11 February 2022
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Is the modern GP a Jack of all trades, master of none?

The breadth of the scope of clinical care in general practice has often left the rather tragically lingering stereotype that GPs are the medical variety Jack of all trades and master of none. Joel Brown, family physician, combats this stereotype and offers
28 January 2022
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The dangers to health when we live in a bubble

We all live in our bubbles. These are where we live our versions of reality and avoid anything that might harm them. Our habitable biosphere on Earth is a bubble. Inside are the smaller bubbles that include our family, beliefs, habits, work,
24 January 2022
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Whole person general practice

Stephen Opare-Sakyi argues that GPs should see patients as whole people, but should be seen as whole people as well - by governments, patients, and each other.
17 January 2022
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Age Concerns

Arthur Kaufman reflects on intergenerational tensions from the older British citizen's perspective. It is easy to see these being implicit or even explicit in the consultation.
13 January 2022
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Wallpapering

As notice-boards overflow with helpful advice, are we entering an age of extreme wallpapering? Madge McClary argues we should stem this tide for the sake of all!
6 January 2022
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The invisible general practitioner

Media images of mask-wearing healthcare staff rarely depict primary care. A facet of the existential crisis facing general practice is that of identity. As it stands, it feels as if GPs have been judged in pseudo-absentia. Sati Heer-Stavert calls us all to
31 December 2021
3 mins read
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An Alternative Tour of Paris

Yvette Pyne has taken a tour of the beautiful city of Paris just before Christmas. No, not the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and shopping, but refugee squats as a medic for a charity providing medical assistance to asylum seekers in France.
22 December 2021
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Future doctors as knowledge workers

'Knowledge work' is the work that clinicians do to find, create, and use knowledge in everyday clinical practice. Annabelle Machin and her colleagues explain the role of the WISDOM project.
20 December 2021
2 mins read

A call to charity

Generally speaking, we like to consider medical practice as a matter of hard science rather than opinion. Bhupinder Goraya also invites us to treat disagreement with kindness.
14 December 2021
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Does the inverse care law medicalise a social issue?

The last 2 years have demonstrated that disease and mortality does discriminate by postcode, but some argue the ‘inverse care law’ is an ideological stance rather than a medical issue. Daniel Butler and Nigel Hart add to the debate over the question
7 December 2021
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Some nebulous medical imagery

Have you ever looked at a cloud and seen the likeness of a cartoon character? This phenomenon is known as pareidolia. Laura Amarin and Camille Gajria tell us about pareidolia in medicine.
2 December 2021
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Stop talking about resilience

How many times a day are we hearing the ‘R’ word in our lives? The request of healthcare staff to be r*******t at a time when primary care is assaulted daily by the British media and those in power is an insult.
30 November 2021
3 mins read

I had compassion fatigue

Hannah Milton shares her experience of compassion fatigue following being both a mum and a GP at the same time. She shares how she not only recovered, but how her recovery has left her now better able to empathise with patients.
25 November 2021
3 mins read
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