I fought the law and the law won
With the ambition of postponing human extinction, perhaps doctors should be allowed to break the rules once in a while.
BMJ rapid response. 2024
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q499/rr
With effort, I am released from the tranquil illusion of my necessity when I understand that my gravity has little influence on the stars aligning correctly or not. The arrogance of medicine.
BJGP. 2023
doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp23X734565
Link: https://bjgp.org/content/73/733/363.short
The Count of Monte Cristo can itself be interpreted as an elaborate Grand Round, with Dumas guiding the reader through a series of fascinating but intertwined cases.
BJGP Life. 2022
Link: https://bjgplife.com/diagnosing-faria/
Has General Practice a future?
An incessant volley of technological solutions do not provide the answer to the existential issues General Practice is facing. At best they are a procrastination until more costly human solutions are available. At worst, they perpetuate the very issues responsible for the crisis.
BMJ rapid response. 2022
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1670/rapid-responses
Another cautionary tale for potentially dishonest doctors
The waiter asked me if everything was ok with the food. I politely nodded and replied it was great, despite it being a bit spicy for my liking. After a period of reflection, I still decided to leave a tip.
BMJ rapid response. 2022
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1298/rr-4
The images of the pandemic reveal the doctor–patient interaction as augmented, distracted, or even superseded by the idea of impossible heroes or a technology–patient relationship.
BJGP. 2022
doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X718433
Link: https://bjgp.org/content/72/715/77
Racist Tones: Reflections on 2 Tone, racism and medicine (review)
Whereas 2 Tone bands were kicking out neo-Nazis from their gigs decades ago, anecdotal reports of obsequious adjustments accommodating the racist demands of some patients continue to occur within the NHS today.
BJGP Life. 2021
Link: https://bjgplife.com/book-review-racist-tones-reflections-on-2-tone-racism-and-medicine/
New forms: Identifying GPness through Plato
This eternal unchanging Doctor is the Form from which all doctors of the past, present and future derive an imperfect image regardless of contrived designation.
BJGP Life. 2021
Link: https://bjgplife.com/2021/05/20/new-forms-identifying-gpness-through-plato/
From Hell: Master Edition (review)
Medical institutions analyse rouge clinicians the only way they appear able to: pathogenesis.
BJGP Life. 2020
Link: https://bjgplife.com/2020/11/28/book-graphic-novel-review-from-hell-master-edition/
How do I deal with criticism online?
It’s important to remember that in a world of anonymous posters, manufactured controversy, and fake comments, the authenticity of online criticism is often questionable, regardless of the number of likes, follows, or re-tweets.
Abi Rimmer, Yiasemidou M, Morgan M, Heer-Stavert S. BMJ. 2020
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3978
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3978
In a society where only the healthy receive health care, the cure becomes the disease.
BJGP. 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712841
Link: https://bjgp.org/content/70/699/500
Continuity of care has been replaced with continuity of record. An informal home visit by a scheduling book. A kind word with a text reminder.
BMJ. 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3709
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3709/rr
The universe of the prion is very different from that of the cow.
BJGP. 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X711929
Link: https://bjgp.org/content/70/697/394.long
Covid-19: healthcare and politics are inexorably intertwined
Everyone either has an agenda or could easily have one manufactured for them.
BMJ. 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2532
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2532.full
Being a doctor is no longer a vocation nor is it just a normal job. It simply is what it is.
BMJ. 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m227
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m227/rr-3
The ethnicity of doctors in photos online
A cursory look at the results of an internet image search for the term “doctor” shows a disparity between expectation and reality.
BMJ. 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4370
Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l4370
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