What is a doctor? : a GP's prescription for the future
Whitaker, Phil, 1966-2023
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Place reservation for What is a doctor? : a GP's prescription for the future'What is a Doctor?' is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free. Using stories and case studies from across his thirty-year career as a GP, Phil Whitaker offers insight into the medical movements, political interference and societal changes that have transformed the role of doctor over the past three decades. Much has altered for the better but, even when based on good intentions, an equal or greater amount has been damaging and threatens the sustainability of the NHS. In examining what it means to be a doctor today this book also answers an accompanying question 'what is a patient?' - and how we can all take a more active role in our healthcare. And looking forward Dr Whitaker describes what might yet be done to restore the NHS and its capacity for properly patient-centred care.
Main title:
What is a doctor? : a GP's prescription for the future / Phil Whitaker.
Author:
Whitaker, Phil, 1966-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781838857974 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.1720941362.172
Language:
English
Subject:
Physicians (General practice) -- Great BritainPrimary care (Medicine) -- Great BritainGreat Britain. National Health ServiceMedical policy -- Great BritainPatient-centered health care -- Great BritainWhitaker, Phil, 1966-Health and WellbeingMemoirsSocial services & welfare, criminologyMedicine & nursingGeneral practice
BRN:
1244427
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