Bmj Usa: Letter
RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Running faster but doing less
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjusa.01100005 (Published 19 November 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:E71
- Adrian Townsend (adrian.townsend@gp-j82016.nhs.uk), general practitioner
- Stockbridge Surgery, Hampshire, UK
- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- London, UK
This article originally appeared in BMJ USA
Editor—There may be no evidence that we are working harder than our predecessors, but that is because we have dropped a lot of the activities that were undertaken by previous generations of doctors: We no longer do antenatal clinics, postnatal visits, post-op house calls, chronic visits, or even our own acute visits, finding it more efficient for one partner out of four to do all the …
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