Drugs: who cares?
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0505219b (Published 01 May 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:0505219b
- Marcel Aries, final year medical student1
- 1University Medical Center Nijmegen, Netherlands
On an ordinary Monday morning, 11 year old James and his mother visited the surgery. James's medical record contained a referral letter with a reply, about some behavioural problems he was having a year ago, from a community paediatrician. The surgery is located in a poor neighbourhood in Nottingham, and these kind of referral letters are familiar to me, even though I have been working as a junior doctor here for only two months.
Before I can even introduce myself, the mother starts talking about the hopeless situation with James and the way it affects her own depression. After listening for …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £184 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£50 / $60/ €56 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.