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Doctors Talking
BMJ 1999; 318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1770 (Published 26 June 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;318:1770
- Nicky Britten, senior lecturer in medical sociology
- Department of General Practice and Primary Care, GKT School of Medicine, King's College, London
Hellen Matthews, John Bain
Scottish Cultural Press, £7.95, pp 126
ISBN 1 84017 030 1
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Resistance to the health reforms of the 1990s has taken many forms, but among general practitioners a recurrent theme has been the threat to personal care and the doctor-patient relationship. Matthews and Bain have set out to show us what it means to be a family doctor in Scotland, in the words of 11 general practitioners practising in a variety of settings. These chatty interview accounts of general practice in deprived inner cities, …
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