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Opinion - Page 22

Keeping Our Spirits Up

Spiritual health can be stigmatised, and doctors may be uncomfortable with the topic. Orla Whitehead discusses her own investigation into doctors' spiritual health in a time of Covid.
29 January 2021
3 mins read

Tolerating a difference of opinion

A recent survey found that 72% of black and 42% of Pakistani and Bangladeshi people say they were unlikely to have the vaccine. Samar Razaq explores the reasons why.
26 January 2021
3 mins read
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EL CAPRICHO, GAUDI AND JUVENILLE ARTHRITIS

John Brooks takes us to a little known Gaudi building, El Capricho in Comillas, northern Spain. But were Gaudi's amazing powers of observation and creativity partly a result of his childhood arthritis?
15 January 2021
3 mins read

COVID-19 and the outstanding burden of undiagnosed cancer

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK was a dramatic reduction in both the number of Two Week Wait referrals being made by general practitioners, and the number of patients being diagnosed with and treated for cancer. The return now to baseline
8 January 2021
2 mins read

The trolley problem, 2021 style

The requirement by the MHRA that there should be a 15 minute wait following covid vaccination has led to a delays in the UK vaccination program. David Misselbrook questions the ethics of this decision.
5 January 2021
4 mins read
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Hobbies, work and stress

Jonathan Wells has had a busy and stressful year. He tells us how thinking differently about his time off has helped him to manage the stress of work.
24 December 2020
2 mins read

It’s a wonderful GP Life: Part 2

It’s Christmas Eve and a disheartened Dr Scrooge has been considering resignation. But might his guardian angel, Clarence, be able to change his mind?
24 December 2020
4 mins read
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D.I.Y S.O.S

What do you do to help switch off after a busy clinical day? Read? Paint? Brick-lay? GP and post-CCT Fellow, Sophie Ingham, reveals her surprising discovery of D.I.Y as a therapeutic tool during the COVID-19 pandemic.
11 December 2020
3 mins read

Three types of agnosia

We doctors are pretty smart, yes? Chris Tiley identifies three critical areas of understanding that we need to get straight.
9 December 2020
2 mins read

Wild Swimming

Missing the gymn or pool? Or just Covid enui? James Douglas challenges us to try wild swimming!
7 December 2020
3 mins read

Time for a little Self-Love?

Some GPs seem invincible, gliding through their entire careers with a minimum of alarms. How do they do it? Retired GP, Ed Warren, muses on attitudes worth cultivating during a career as a GP.
13 November 2020
3 mins read

Primary care buildings must be designed for pandemics

During the current Covid-19 pandemic, operating procedures to deal with face-to-face consultations in primary care in the United Kingdom were clear in the need of separating services for patients with symptoms of Covid-19, and for shielded patients needing care. Pablo Millares Martin
11 November 2020
3 mins read

The GP as an advocate: Widening migrant access to healthcare

Migrants are widely recognised to have complex and diverse health needs, but recent reform within the NHS includes the introduction of healthcare charges for many of them. These may create pressure on GP services, increase the disease burden and widen health inequalities,
10 November 2020
4 mins read
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In the refugee camps of Greece

We see the refugee crisis remotely, on our TV screens. Dr Peter von Kaehne decided to do something to help. We need to hear his story.
10 November 2020
3 mins read
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Clothed/unclothed

Many clinical situations force patients into disempowered vulnerability. Judith Dawson reflects on the etiquette of dressing and undressing within the consultation.
9 November 2020
2 mins read

Beyond the clinical coalface

Many former GPs may want to move along a different career pathway, but when they retire from clinical work they encounter barriers. Mona Aquilina argues that we need to harness and leverage the skills and energy of these doctors and she gives
4 November 2020
3 mins read
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