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Books: The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
Books: The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
Thomas Dixon Oxford University Press, 2023, PB, 176pp, £8.99, 978-0198818298Thomas Dixon (Honorary Professor of History at...
Understanding the patient’s experience of coeliac disease diagnosis: a qualitative interview study
Understanding the patient’s experience of coeliac disease diagnosis: a qualitative interview study
Background Coeliac disease (CD) presents with non-specific symptoms, and delays to diagnosis are common. The traditional d...
Normalising exploitation
Normalising exploitation
I left a job today.* It was a good job with good people, which is always hard. It’s so much easier to leave when the inter...
Yonder: Surgical site infection, opioid dependence, racial diversity, and meals on wheels
Yonder: Surgical site infection, opioid dependence, racial diversity, and meals on wheels
Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureSurg...
Meeting the challenge of medical student placement capacity in primary care by rewiring later-career GPs
Meeting the challenge of medical student placement capacity in primary care by rewiring later-career GPs
All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. General letters can be sent to bjgpdisc@rcgp.org.uk (please inclu...
Registered Reports: benefits and challenges of implementing in medicine
Registered Reports: benefits and challenges of implementing in medicine
Registered Reports (RRs) are a publication format that is submitted in two stages.1 At Stage 1, the introduction and propo...
Post-attack asthma reviews
Post-attack asthma reviews
I read Dr Edwards’ letter in response to the article by Punyadasa et al.1 Unfortunately the outcome of this study was whet...
Effect of deprivation on faecal immunochemical test return rate
Effect of deprivation on faecal immunochemical test return rate
We read with interest Bailey et al’s study looking at sociodemographic variations in the return of faecal immunochemical t...
Patients’ experiences of GP consultations following the introduction of the new GP contract in Scotland: a cross-sectional survey
Patients’ experiences of GP consultations following the introduction of the new GP contract in Scotland: a cross-sectional survey
Background The new Scottish GP contract commenced in April 2018 with a stated aim of mitigating health inequalities.Aim To...
Caritas in a cold climate
Caritas in a cold climate
General practice is amazing. We care about the whole patient, family and community, the mind and the body. We are versatil...
Books: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Books: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté Ebury Publishing, 2022, HB, 576pp, £25.00, 978-1785042713‘Trauma is not what happens to you but wh...
Extended roles and special interests
Extended roles and special interests
I’m not sure if I’ve got a special interest as a GP. In the UK, I see that GPwSI (with a special interest) has transformed...
Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-PALL): a qualitative interview study
Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-PALL): a qualitative interview study
Background Palliative care improves quality of life for people with life-threatening illnesses. There are longstanding ine...
Assessing asymmetrical tonsils in children: an evidence-based review for primary care
Assessing asymmetrical tonsils in children: an evidence-based review for primary care
Clinical vignetteIn a usual morning surgery, a 2-year-old child presents with a 2-week history of reduced oral intake. He ...
Who 'needs’ community palliative care? Prognosis-centred registers disadvantage frail older people
Who 'needs’ community palliative care? Prognosis-centred registers disadvantage frail older people
What is palliative care and who should get it?Definitions of palliative care1,2 specify a holistic, person-centred approac...
Complex advance care planning intervention in general practice (ACP-GP): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Complex advance care planning intervention in general practice (ACP-GP): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Background Advance care planning (ACP) is an iterative communication process about patients’ preferences for future care. ...
A paradox of problems in accessing general practice: a qualitative participatory case study
A paradox of problems in accessing general practice: a qualitative participatory case study
Background Despite longstanding problems of access to general practice, attempts to understand and address the issues do n...
General practice-related MeSH terms in main journals: a bibliometric analysis from 2011 to 2021
General practice-related MeSH terms in main journals: a bibliometric analysis from 2011 to 2021
Background There are various Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms used to index general practice research, without consis...
Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: a qualitative think-aloud study with patients in Australian primary care
Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: a qualitative think-aloud study with patients in Australian primary care
Background Stopping long-term (>12 months) antidepressant use can be difficult due to unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. M...
What has postmodernism ever done for us?
What has postmodernism ever done for us?
‘… it is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented … Let us ...
Ideas, Concerns, and Expectations for peace in the Middle East
Ideas, Concerns, and Expectations for peace in the Middle East
On 16 and 19 October 2023, the Royal College of General Practitioners1 and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecol...
Reflections on COVID Christmases
Reflections on COVID Christmases
On New Year’s Eve 2019 as we ushered in the start of a new decade, the words ‘I have a feeling it’s going to be a great ye...
Yonder: Wait and see, identity loss, data failures, and patient organisations
Yonder: Wait and see, identity loss, data failures, and patient organisations
Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureMany...
A duty to expose: professionalism in a time of crisis
A duty to expose: professionalism in a time of crisis
‘I think’, said the then Lord Chancellor Michael Gove on 3 June 2016, ‘people in this country have had enough of experts …...
Asthma management post-hospital admission should be based on robust evidence
Asthma management post-hospital admission should be based on robust evidence
All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. General letters can be sent to bjgpdisc@rcgp.org.uk (please inclu...
Supporting adults with autism — don’t forget comorbid ADHD
Supporting adults with autism — don’t forget comorbid ADHD
O’Nions et al’s recent analysis of autism1 helpfully highlights how primary care can help and the problem of under-diagnos...
How does co-production differ from patient and public involvement (PPI)?
How does co-production differ from patient and public involvement (PPI)?
It is a common mistake to confuse co-production with PPI, as the two are closely aligned and — depending on the definition...
Always winter, but never Christmas: does general practice need a magic wardrobe, or a TARDIS?
Always winter, but never Christmas: does general practice need a magic wardrobe, or a TARDIS?
Sometimes it is possible to feel that you are in a story. According to novelist and journalist Will Storr, this is a neces...
Editor’s choice: 10 BJGP articles from 2022-2023
Editor’s choice: 10 BJGP articles from 2022-2023
As BJGP editor I was recently asked (again) to discuss 10 interesting papers from the last year at the Royal Society of Me...
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO): the future of asthma care?
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO): the future of asthma care?
Asthma affects around one in 30 people and contributes to nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year.1 It is estima...
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